C4A-Ref- FCWPC - Increase Living Wage Rate In Accordance With Ordinance 2010-368MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and
DATE: July 17, 2013
SUBJECT: REFERRAL TO FINAN E AND CITY-WIDE PROJECTS COMMITTEE
(FCWPC}-A DISCUSSION ON INCREASING THE LIVING WAGE RATE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPTIONS PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE 2010-
3682.
ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION
Refer the item to the Finance and Citywide Projects Committee for discussion.
BACKGROUND
At its June 9, 2010 meeting, the Mayor and City Commission passed and adopted
Ordinance No. 2010-3682, which amended the City's Living Wage Ordinance, Sections
2-407 thru 2-410 of the Miami Beach City Code, to include increases to the hourly living
wage rates based on the following three (3) year phase-in approach:
• Commencing with City fiscal year 2010-11 (October 1, 201 0), the hourly
living wage rate was increased to $1 0.16/hr. with health benefits of at
least $1.25/hr, and $11.41/hr without benefits;
• Commencing with City fiscal year 2011-12 (October 1, 2011 ), the hourly
living wage rate was increased $10. 72/hr with health benefits of at least
$1.45/hr, and $12.17 /hr without benefits; and
• Commencing with City fiscal year 2012-13 (October 1, 2012), the hourly
living rate was increased to $11.28/hr with health benefits of at least
$1.64/hr, and $12.92/hr without benefits.
Consequently, the City is currently exercising its final year of the three-year phase-in
approach to living wage increases. The aforementioned ordinance stipulates the options
for annual considerations to index (increase) the current living wage rate, including
indexing for inflation using the local area Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers
(CPI-U), issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. The City
Commission may also elect not to index the living wage rate in any particular year if it
determines that doing so would not be fiscally sound.
CONCLUSION
The Administration recommends that the Mayor and City Commission refer this item to
the Finance and Citywide Projects Committee for a discussion and recommendation on
any increase to the living wage rate in accordance with the options pursuant to
Ordinance 2010-3682.
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