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ORDINANCE NO. 99-03 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE HAYWARD LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE AS ARTICLE 14 OF CHAPTER 2 OF THE HAYWARD MUNICIPAL CODE BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Hayward as follows: SECTION 1. FINDINGS. The City Council finds and determines as follows: a. The City awards many contracts to private firms which provide services and labor to City government and to the public. b. Experience indicates that many City contractors who provide services and labor pay their employees of wages at or slightly above the minimum required by federal and state minimum wage laws. c. Payment of inadequate compensation does not provide affected employees with resources sufficient to afford a decent standard of living in Hayward. d. The City intends to require contractors to provide a minimum level of compensation that will improve the level of services rendered to and for the City. e. Based upon public comment, testimony and studies, the City Council fords that the wage levels set by this ordinance are minimum compensation levels required to afford a decent standard of living in Hayward. SECTION 2. ADOPTION OF HAYWARD LIVING WAGE. ORDINANCE. The Hayward Municipal Code is amended by adding a new Article 14 to Chapter 2 entitled the "Hayward Living Wage Ordinance" to read as follows: ARTICLE 14 HAYWARD LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE Section 2-14.010 Title and Definitions. Section 2-14.020 Applicability of Hayward Living Wage Ordinance Requirements. Section 2-14.021 Subcontracted Work. Section 2-14.030 Notifying employees of their potential right to the federal Earned Income Credit. Section 2-14.040 Enforcement. Section 2-14.050 Administration. Section 2-14.060 Coexistence with other available relief for specific deprivations of protected rights.