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of business that is an integral part of the City of Richmond economy and such entities often pay wages at or slightly above the minimum required by federal and state minimum wage laws. The City as a provider of subsidies to these entities has the same interest in requiring the payment of a higher minimum level of compensation to employees of financial assistance recipients as it does of service contractors; and (h) The City's use of contractors or subsidies to businesses, which do not provide health insurance to their employees, often results in imposing the costs of their medical care on the county, state and federal governments. The City has an interest in avoiding such impacts, which the City finds can only be done if the employer provides health insurance in a reasonable form. The city finds that an employer contribution for health benefits of at least $1.50 per hour on average is necessary to provide employee health care sufficient to avoid imposing the public costs described above. The City also has an interest in ensuring that persons delivering City services are healthy, and that a lack of health care can affect employee performance and absenteeism. The City finds that employees are far likelier to be healthy if their employer provides reasonable health insurance to them and their dependents. In addition, one of the City's reasons for providing financial assistance is to promote the public health, an interest served by having employers receiving such assistance spend a reasonable portion of this money for health purposes; and (i) The payment of a higher minimum level of compensation as required by the Ordinance codified This chapter benefits these interests. 2.60.030 Definitions. The following words and phrases whenever used in this Chapter shall be construed as defined in this section: (a) "City" means the City of Richmond and all City agencies, departments and offices, including the Richmond Redevelopment Agency, the Richmond Housing Authority and the Port of Richmond. (b) "City financial aid recipients" means all persons or entities that receive from the City direct assistance in the form of grants, loans or loan guarantees, in-kind services, waivers of City fees, real property or other valuable consideration in the amount of more than $100,000 in any twelve (12)-month period. This term shall not include those who enjoy an economic benefit as an incidental effect of City policies, regulations, ordinances, or charter provisions. The following shall not be deemed to be direct assistance: (1) enterprise zone tax credits within the City of Richmond pursuant to the California State Department of Commerce Enterprise Zone program, or (2) an agreement with the City of Richmond whereby the specific entity has negotiated snot-to-exceed amount or percentage with regards to the amount of utility user taxes that the entity will be subject to within any twelve (12) month period. (c) "Contractor" means any person or entity that enters into a contract or a franchise agreement with the City in an amount equal to or greater than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00). (d) "Employee" means any person who is employed: (1) As a service employee of a contractor or subcontractor under the authority of one or more service contracts and who expends any of his or her time thereon, including but not limited to: hotel employees; restaurant, food service or banquet employees; janitorial employees; security guards; parking attendants; health care employees; gardeners; waste management employees; and clerical employees; or (2) By a City financial aid recipient and who expends at least twenty-five percent (25%) of his or her time on the funded project/program or property which is the subject of City financial assistance; or (3) By a service contractor of a City financial aid recipient and who expends at least twenty-five percent (25%) of his or her time on the premises of the City financial aid recipient and is directly involved with the funded project/program or property which is the subject of city financial assistance; or