22-13 Amend 113.04 Fair Employment Wage Board

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PLACED ON 1ST READING & REFERRED TO THE AD HOC C01.MITTEE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS 7/1/13. PLACED ON 2ND READING 9/15/13. ORDINANCE NO. 22 -13 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Nowlin, Powers, Smith. AN ORDINANCE amending Section 113.04, Fair Employment Wage Board, of the Cod- ified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood to disband the Board and assign the duties of the Board to the Civil Service Commission. WHEREAS, employees of the City are currently ensuring compliance with the Fair Em- ployment Wage Ordinance without assistance from the Fair Employment Wage Board (FEWB) which has remained unstaffed and inactive since 2009; and WHEREAS, both the Civil Service Commission and the FEWB are assigned duties and have expertise in areas of fair wages; and WHEREAS, it is in the interest of efficiency to eliminate the FEWB and assign its duties to the Civil Service Commission; and WHEREAS, Article 18, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of Ohio permits munic- ipalities to exercise all powers of local self - government and to adopt and enforce within their limits such as local police, sanitary and other regulations as are not in conflict with general laws; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. Section 113.04, Fair Employment Wage Board, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as follows: 113.04 FAIR EMPLOYMENT WAGE BOARD. (a) The Fair Employment Wage Board (FEWB) shall review the effectiveness of the living wage ordinance to ensure that the community is informed on whether those companies that are being awarded service contracts by the City are adhering to the ordinance. The FEWB shall make recommendations to the Administration and Lakewood City Council, when appropriate, regard- ing issues pertaining to the living wage policy. (b) The FEWB shall be composed of seven (7) members, six of whom shall be electors of the City, the seventh member shall be a representative of the Mayor's administration. Three members of the Board shall be appointees of the Mayor, and three members shall be appointees of Council. The Mayor and Council shall appoint one appointee from the business community, a la- bor organization, and a community group. The appointing authority of a Board member may remove that member for cause. No person shall be ap- pointed to the FEWB who has any interest in a contract with the City of Lakewood. (c) The Mayor shall initially appoint three (3) members of the FEWB for one- year terns, two (2) members for two (2) year terms, and two (2) members for a tluee (3) year term. Thereafter, all members shall serve three -year terms,