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Section 2. That new Section 113.02, Fair Employment Wage, is herby enacted to read as <br />follows: <br />113.02 FAIR EMPLOYMENT WAGE. <br />All Covered Employers shall pay no less than the Fair Employment Wage to Covered <br />Employees. Determination of the Fair Employment Wage shall be in accordance with the <br />following: <br />(a) Amount of Fair Employment Wage. <br />The Fair Employment Wage is established as $15.00, shall be calculated on an hourly basis <br />and shall be paid effective the dates listed. <br />Thereafter, the Fair Employment Wage shall be adjusted by the City of Lakewood on an <br />annual basis, beginning January 1, 2022 and each year thereafter in proportion to the Consumer <br />Price Index for Northeast Ohio, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. <br />Department of Labor. <br />(b) All employees working for the City shall be paid at least a Fair Employment Wage. <br />Section 3. It is hereby found and determined that all formal actions of this Council <br />concerning and relating to the adoption of this Ordinance were passed in an open meeting of this <br />Council, and that all deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such <br />formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements <br />including R.C. Section 121.22. <br />Section 4. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for <br />the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the City and <br />for the usual daily operation of the City for the reasons set forth and defined in the preamble to <br />this ordinance, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members <br />of Council this ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption by the <br />Council and approval by the Mayor, or otherwise it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest <br />period allowed by law. <br />Adopted: 1� I n I <br />Approved: s- ff `4 i t -�' t <br />F <br />Da el J. O'Mal Council President <br />-- <br />Maureen M. Bach, Council Clerk <br />Meghan F. George, Mayor <br />