City of Madison
Legislative File ID   06831
Type:   Ordinance    Status:   Passed
Enactment Date:   9/22/2007    Enactment No.:   ORD-07-00108
Title:  
Creating Sec. 4.20(3)(d) of the Madison General Ordinances to prohibit proportional calculation of wages to employees performing both City and non-City work.
Controlling Body:   BOARD OF ESTIMATES
Introduced:   6/26/2007    Version:   1
Final Action:   9/4/2007    Contact:   Diane Althaus 608-266-4511
Name:  
Living Wage
Extra Date 1:   9/22/2007
Requester:   BOARD OF ESTIMATES
Sponsors:  
Brenda K. Konkel
Attachments:  
Legislative History
DateActing BodyAction TakenMotion
6/26/2007Attorney's Office/Approval GroupApproved As To Form
6/26/2007Attorney's OfficeFiscal Note Required / Approval to the Comptroller's Office/Approval Group Completed on 7/27/2007
6/27/2007Comptroller's Office/Approval GroupFiscal Note Pending to the Attorney's Office Completed on 6/27/2007
Notes: Bohrod
6/27/2007Attorney's OfficeReferred for Introduction
Notes: Board of Estimates, Economic Development Commission
7/3/2007COMMON COUNCILRefer to the BOARD OF ESTIMATES Completed on 7/30/2007
Notes: Additional Referral(s): Economic Development Commission
7/3/2007BOARD OF ESTIMATESRefer to the ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Completed on 8/15/2007
7/27/2007Comptroller's Office/Approval GroupApproved Fiscal Note By The Comptroller's Office (AFTER CC INTRO) to the BOARD OF ESTIMATES Completed on 7/27/2007
Notes: Bohrod
7/30/2007BOARD OF ESTIMATESnest meeting.Pass
8/15/2007ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEEDan Bohrod, Budget Analyst, explained how a former uniform rental/laundry contractor and a former carwash contractor calculated the living wage as proportional across their entire workforce because of the difficulty of segregating the work that they did for the City from their other clients' work. This resulted in a small, often 2 or 3 cent per hour raise for all their workers. The intent of the Living Wage Ordinance was for the entire workforce to get a living wage. Currently these 2 companies do not do work for the City and this ordinance change is thought to have no immediate impact on existing contracts. Question: Who makes the call if a contractor is providing a living wage for City contracted work? Answer: Enforcement is complaint driven. Question: Since these two contractors do not currently do work for the City, why is this change proposed? Answer: There is potential that this might arise again. Currently many non-profit contractors are paying a living wage for all employees in the "spirit" of the ordinance. Several commissioners stated the proportional method of calculating the living wage seems easy to do and fair and disagree with the proposed ordinance change. Further discussion covered 3 possible options to the proposed ordinance: 1)Allow for a waiver of complying with the ordinance 2) reconfigure the workforce to do City only work at a specific measurable time or 3) give all workers a living wage all the time. Alder Brandon said we already know that companies paying a living wage can be competitive. Because of the limited impact of this proposed change he argued for the change to test it and see if, after a certain amount of time, any problems are encountered. Question: Does the ordinance tell staff how to calculate the living wage, and is this "micro-managing" staff? Answer: The ordinance does not say how to administer it. In the past the City Attorney said the proportional calculation approach was legal. Pass
(5:3)
8/27/2007BOARD OF ESTIMATESRECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICERPass
9/4/2007COMMON COUNCILAdoptPass

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