Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, January 08, 2019
Discussion
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER RESOLUTION NOS. 19-013 AND 19-014 INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR CITY OF CARSON EMPLOYEES PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA STATE LAW (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
This item is to approve increasing the hourly minimum wage for City of Carson part-time employees, mandated by California law, which requires incremental increases to the State minimum wage from $8.00 per hour to $15.00 per hour, by 2022.
Resolution No. 19-013 (Exhibit No. 1) and Resolution No. 19-014 (Exhibit No. 2) are being presented to the City Council for consideration. The adoption of these resolutions would increase the minimum wage for City of Carson part-time employees from $11.00 to $12.00 per hour.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. WAIVE further reading and ADOPT Resolution No. 19-013, "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE SALARY RANGES FOR UNCLASSIFIED, PART-TIME, UNREPRESENTED, HOURLY CLASSIFICATIONS TO INCREASE THE HOURLY MINIMUM WAGE TO $12.00, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2019."
2. WAIVE further reading and ADOPT Resolution No. 19-014, "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF CARSON CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE SALARY RANGES FOR AFSCME 809 UNCLASSIFIED, PART-TIME, HOURLY CLASSIFICATIONS TO INCREASE THE HOURLY MINIMUM WAGE TO $12.00, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2019."
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III. ALTERNATIVES
The City Council may take any other action deemed appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
On April 4, 2016, California Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 3 (SB3) , which increases California's minimum wage each year, so that it will reach $15.00 per hour in 2022 (unless increases are temporarily delayed at any point due to certain economic conditions).
Although the first increase due to this law was effective on January 1, 2017, increasing the minimum wage from $10.00 to $10.50, the City had taken previous action in February 2014, at the request of then Coun...
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