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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-06-12 17-200 ORDINANCECOUNCIL ACTION Item No. 17-200 Date: June 12, 2017 Item/Subject: Ordinance, Repealing Chapter 179 of the Code of the City of Bangor - Minimum Wage Responsible Department: Legal Commentary: In 2015 the City Council of the City of Bangor passed an amendment to the Code of the City of Bangor to establish a minimum wage in amount higher than the state or federal government. The effective date of the Ordinance is July 1, 2017. Since that time an effort to place an initiative to increase the state-wide minimum wage on the November 2016 ballot was successful. The voters of Maine approved this initiative and the state-wide minimum wage will increase to an amount greater than that in the City ordinance. A municipality may not have a minimum wage less than the State minimum wage. Therefore, there is no longer a need or purpose to the City's minimum wage ordinance. This Ordinance, if passed, will repeal the City's minimum wage ordinance. Manager's Comments: Associated Information: Budget Approval: Legal Approval: Introduced for Passage X First Reading Referral Department Head City Manager Finance Director City S licitor Page _ of _ 17-200 JUNE 12, 2017 Assigned to Councilor Nealley CITY OF BANGOR 14rE (TITLE.) Ordinance, Repealing Chapter 179 of the Code of the City of Bangor, Minimum Wage, WHEREAS, in 2015 the City Council of the City of Bangor passed an amendment to the Code of the City of Bangor to establish a minimum wage in amount higher than the state or federal government; and WHEREAS, the effective date of the Ordinance increasing the minimum wage in the City of Bangor is July 1, 2017; and WHEREAS, the voters of Maine approved an initiative on the November 2016 ballot to increase the state-wide minimum wage to an amount greater than that in the City' ordinance; and WHEREAS, the City cannot have a minimum wage less than the State minimum wage; and WHEREAS, the state minimum wage approved by the voters, being greater than the City's minimum wage, pre-empts the City's ordinance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR THAT, THAT Chapter 179 of the Code of the City of Bangor is hereby repealed and deleted in its entirety. IN CITY COUNCIL JUNE 12, 2017 COr-17-200 FIRST READING x'9'oaDC.�.�-+ti' CITY CLERK IN CITY COUNCIL JUNE 26, 2017 COr 17-200 MOTION MADE AND SECONDED FOR PASSAGE MOTION DOUBTED VOTE: 6-2 COUNCILORS VOTIN YES: FAIRCLOTH, NEALLEY, SPRAGUE, TREMBLE, WESTON, BALDACCI COUNCILORS VOTING NO: GRAHAM, NICHOLS PASSED CITY CLERK