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Preface This document is current through Ordinance 20-06, passed May 16, 2006. Please consult OrdLink for more recent ordinances. Copyright 2003 Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., a member of the LexisNexis Group. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by: LexisNexis 13427 NE 16th Street Suite 150 Bellevue WA 98005 1-866-501-5155 v/ww.lexisnexis.com/municipalcodes _~:. ~+,~tlni~i~a1 ~e~~~e~ 2.60.0'10 Title and purpose. This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "City of Richmond Living Wage Ordinance." The purpose of this Chapter is to protect the public health, safety and welfare. It does this by requiring that employees of City contractors, lessees, recipients of City financial aid and their respective subcontractors expend public funds in such a manner as to facilitate individual self-reliance. 2.60.020 Findings. The City Council of the City of Richmond finds as follows: (a) The City of Richmond awards many contracts to private firms to provide services to the public and to City Government; and (b) The City of Richmond provides financial assistance and funding to others for the purpose of economic development or job growth; and (c) The city of Richmond has a limited amount of taxpayer resources to expend; and (d) Even in promising economic times, far too many people working in Richmond and their families live below or near the poverty line; and (e) The use of taxpayer dollars to promote sustenance and creation of living wage jobs will increase consumer income, decrease levels of poverty, invigorate neighborhood businesses and reduce the need for taxpayer-funded social programs in other areas; and (f) When inadequate compensation is paid to service employees within the City, it fails to provide service employees with resources sufficient to afford life. It is critical that when City funds are used to contract for services, such contracts demonstrate an effort to promote an employment environment that enhances the general quality of life within the community and maximizes the productive effect of the City's limited resources; and (g) Financial assistance recipients of the City are engaged in hospitality or some other line