HomeMy WebLinkAbout1266 - COMMITTING the City of Boulder to pay a "Living Wage" (Amending Resolution 1181) 1 RESOLUTION 1266
(AMENDING RESOLUTION 1181)
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A RESOLUTION COMMITTING THE CITY OF BOULDER TO PAY A "LIVING
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4 WHEREAS, on July 15, 2003, the City Council of the City of Boulder adopted
5 Resolution No. 926, a Resolution Committing the City of Boulder to Pay a living wage to
its standard full-time employees, defined at that time as 120% of the current Federal
Poverty Guidelines for a Family of Four as adopted by the United States Department of
Health and Human Services ("FPG").
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WHEREAS, on February 16, 2016, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 1181,
8 supporting the expansion of Resolution 926 to include all standard part-time and
temporary City Employees and increasing the minimum wage paid to all standard full-
9 time, standard part-time and temporary employees to $14.02 per hour.
10 WHEREAS, following the June 14, 2016 Study Session concerning options to expand
living wage, council supported using the Colorado Self Sufficiency Standard ("SSS")
11 average rate methodology instead of the FPG recognizing that FPG do not account for
local variations in affordability and current indicators of basic needs. Council further
12 supported making appropriate future adjustments in wages in the context of updates to
13 the SSS, salary and market data as budget resources and priorities allow. The expansion
of the city's living wage to $15.67 per hour for all standard full-time, standard part-time,
14 temporary employees and city contracts for custodial, landscaping and emergency
medical service responders were implemented through the 2017 budget process.
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WHEREAS, for the 2020 fiscal year, the updated living wage rate, consistent with the
16 supported methodology, is $17.42 per hour. This amount will apply to all standard full-
time, part-time and temporary employees and will be reflected in the proposed 2020
17 budget. In addition, the city will apply the same living wage to custodial, landscaping,
and EMS contracts.
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WHEREAS, the City Council, being committed to pay at least the"living wage" in
19 alignment with the Boulder-area cost of living to all standard full-time, part-time and
20 temporary employees of the City and also to city contracts for custodial, landscaping and
emergency medical service responders, supports the City Manager's action.
21 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
22 OF BOULDER, COLORADO:
23 That the City Council supports the City Manager making appropriate future
adjustments in wages in the context of salary and market data and the Boulder-area cost of
24 living in order to support a living wage, and as budget resources and priorities allow, for
25 all standard full-time, standard part-time and temporary city employees as well as to city
contracts related to custodial, landscaping and emergency medical service responders.
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The City Manager shall report annually to the City Council at the time of the
27 adoption of the annual budget whether there is any standard full-time, part-time or
1 temporary employee of the City of Boulder or employee of a custodial, landscaping and
emergency medical service responder contractor who is being paid less than the living
2 wage, as set forth above, and shall recommend whatever additional appropriations are
necessary to assure that all such employees are paid such living wage.
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APPROVED this 1st day of October 2019.
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1 RESOLUTION 1266
(AMENDING RESOLUTION 1181)
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A RESOLUTION COMMITTING THE CITY OF BOULDER TO PAY A "LIVING
3 WAGE".
4 WHEREAS, on July 15, 2003, the City Council of the City of Boulder adopted
5 Resolution No. 926, a Resolution Committing the City of Boulder to Pay a living wage to
its standard full-time employees, defined at that time as 120% of the current Federal
6 Poverty Guidelines for a Family of Four as adopted by the United States Department of
Health and Human Services ("FPG").
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WHEREAS, on February 16, 2016, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 1181,
8 supporting the expansion of Resolution 926 to include all standard part-time and
temporary City Employees and increasing the minimum wage paid to all standard full-
9 time, standard part-time and temporary employees to $14.02 per hour.
10 WHEREAS, following the June 14, 2016 Study Session concerning options to expand
living wage, council supported using the Colorado Self Sufficiency Standard ("SSS")
11 average rate methodology instead of the FPG recognizing that FPG do not account for
local variations in affordability and current indicators of basic needs. Council further
12 supported making appropriate future adjustments in wages in the context of updates to
13 the SSS, salary and market data as budget resources and priorities allow. The expansion
of the city's living wage to $15.67 per hour for all standard full-time, standard part-time,
14 temporary employees and city contracts for custodial, landscaping and emergency
medical service responders were implemented through the 2017 budget process.
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WHEREAS, for the 2020 fiscal year, the updated living wage rate, consistent with the
16 supported methodology, is $17.42 per hour. This amount will apply to all standard full-
time, part-time and temporary employees and will be reflected in the proposed 2020
17 budget. In addition, the city will apply the same living wage to custodial, landscaping,
and EMS contracts.
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WHEREAS, the City Council, being committed to pay at least the"living wage" in
19 alignment with the Boulder-area cost of living to all standard full-time, part-time and
20 temporary employees of the City and also to city contracts for custodial, landscaping and
emergency medical service responders, supports the City Manager's action.
21 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
22 OF BOULDER, COLORADO:
23 That the City Council supports the City Manager making appropriate future
adjustments in wages in the context of salary and market data and the Boulder-area cost of
24 living in order to support a living wage, and as budget resources and priorities allow, for
25 all standard full-time, standard part-time and temporary city employees as well as to city
contracts related to custodial, landscaping and emergency medical service responders.
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The City Manager shall report annually to the City Council at the time of the
27 adoption of the annual budget whether there is any standard full-time, part-time or
1 temporary employee of the City of Boulder or employee of a custodial, landscaping and
emergency medical service responder contractor who is being paid less than the living
2 wage, as set forth above, and shall recommend whatever additional appropriations are
3 necessary to assure that all such employees are paid such living wage.
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APPROVED this 1st day of October 2019.
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