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Ordinance No.06-019 October 17, 2006 Page 2 of 9 Section 5-31.04 Section 5-31.05 Section 5-31.06 Section 5-31.07 Section 5-31.08 Section 5-31.09 Section 5-31.10 Section 5-31.11 Section 5-31.12 Persons and Entities Subject to the Requirements of this chapter Living Wage Rate Waivers Required Contract Provisions Exemptions Retaliation and Discrimination Prohibited. Employee Complaints to the City Enforcement Effective Date 5-31.01 Title and Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to assure that City employees, employees of City service contractors, subcontractors, and employees and contractors of City financial assistance earn an hourly wage that is sufficient to live with dignity and to achieve economic self- sufficiency. The City contracts with many businesses and organizations to provide services to the public, and provides financial assistance to developers and businesses for the purpose of promoting economic development and job growth. Such public expenditures should also be spent to set a community economic standard that permits workers to live out of poverty. The City Council finds that the use of City funds to provide living wage jobs will decrease poverty, increase consumer income, invigorate neighborhood businesses and reduce the need for taxpayer funded social service programs. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Living Wage Ordinance." The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public health, safety and welfare. It does this by requiring that public funds be expended in such a manner as to facilitate individual self-reliance by employees of City contractors, lessees, recipients of City financial aid and their respective subcontractors. 5-31.02 Findings. (a) The City of Emeryville awards contracts to private firms and other businesses to provide services to the public and to City government; and (b) The City of Emeryville has a limited amount of taxpayer resources to expend; and (c) The use of taxpayer dollars to promote sustenance and creation of living wage jobs will increase consumer income, decrease levels of poverty and reduce the need for taxpayer-funded social programs in other areas; and (d) When City funds are used to contract for services, such contracts should 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 ~F CITY OF EMERYVILLE