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Final Passage of Ordinance Amending the Alameda Municipal Code By Adding Article 4-60 (Minimum Wage) to Chapter IX (Regulations Concerning Trade and Commerce) Concerning A Citywide Minimum Wage to Raise Alameda's Minimum Wage to $15.00 Per Hour by 2020. (Economic Development 001)
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CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. ____
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AMENDING THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING ARTICLE 4-60 (MINIMUM WAGE) TO CHAPTER IX (REGULATIONS CONCERNING TRADE AND COMMERCE) CONCERNING A CITYWIDE MINIMUM WAGE TO RAISE ALAMEDA'S MINIMUM WAGE TO $15.00 PER HOUR BY 2020
The City Council of the City of Alameda does ordain as follows:
Section 1. Article 4-60 is hereby added to Article IX of the Alameda Municipal Code to read as follows:
Article 4-60 MINIMUM WAGE
4-60.10 Title, Purpose and Findings.
A. This ordinance shall be known as the "Minimum Wage Ordinance."
B. The purpose of this ordinance is to protect the public health, safety and welfare. It does this by requiring that employees are compensated by their employers in such a manner as to enable and facilitate their individual self-reliance within the City of Alameda.
C. The Bay Area in general and the City of Alameda in particular are becoming increasingly expensive places to live and to work.
D. Employers paying a minimum wage, as provided in this ordinance, advance the interests of the City as a whole by creating jobs that keep workers and their families out of poverty.
E. A minimum wage, as provided in this ordinance, will help enable workers to meet basic needs and avoid economic hardships.
F. This ordinance is intended to improve the quality of services provided in the City to the public by reducing high turnover, absenteeism and instability in the workplace.
G. The City's prompt and efficient enforcement of this ordinance will provide workers with economic security and assurances that their rights will be respected.
4-60.20 Authority.
This Chapter is adopted pursuant to the powers vested ...
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