15-2021 - Amend Sec. 113.02 Fair Employment Wage

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Placed on lst reading & referred to Finance 4/19/21; 2nd reading 5/3/21 Bullock, Kepple, Litten, Neff, ORDINANCE NO. 15-2021 By: O'Malley, Shachner AN ORDINACE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force at the earliest period allowed by law, amending Section 113.02, Fair Employment Wage of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances to increase the living wage to $15.00 per hour. WHEREAS, the Fair Employment Wage was established by Council in 2003 to ensure that the working people employed by the City and its contractors are paid a fair, living wage; and WHEREAS, the Economic Policy Institute and other leading authorities agree that a single adult without children must earn at least $15 per hour (or $31,200 annually) to attain a secure yet modest standard of living that covers transportation, housing, food, and other basic costs of living ; and WHEREAS, to meet the objectives of the original Fair Employment Wage legislation, now is the time to raise the fair employment wage to $15.00 per hour for all employees and contracted employees; and WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments, in that covered employees of the City and of City Contractors should be making a living wage immediately; now, therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD. OHIO: Section 1. Section 113.02, Fair Employment Wage, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as follows: 113.02 FAIR EMPLOYMENT WAGE. All Covered Employers shall pay no less than the Fair Employment Wage to Covered Employees. Determination of the Fair Employment Wage shall be in accordance with the following: (a) Amount of Fair Employment Wage. The Fair Employment Wage shall be calculated on an hourly basis and shall be paid effective the dates listed as follows: With Health Benefits Paid by Employer $ 9.20 Without Health Benefits Paid by Employer $10.20 Thereafter, the Fair Employment Wage shall be adjusted by the City of Lakewood on an annual basis, beginning January 1, 2005 and each year thereafter in proportion to the Consumer Price Index for Northeast Ohio, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. (b) All employees working for the City shall be paid at least a Fair Employment Wage. is hereby repealed.