HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 3.C 06/18/2018DATE: June 18, 2018
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council through the City Manager
FROM: . `Amy M. Reeve, Director of Human Resources
SUBJECT: Resolution Setting the Living Wage Rate at $15.47 Per Hour With Employer
Contribution Toward Medical Benefits and $17.34 Per Hour Without an Employer
Contribution Toward Medical Benefits for Fiscal Year 2018-2019
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended the City Council adopt the Resolution Setting the Living Wage Rate at $15.47
Per Hour With Employer Contribution Toward Medical Benefits and $17.34 Per Hour Without an
Employer Contribution Toward Medical Benefits for Fiscal Year 2018-2019.
BACKGROUND
The Living Wage Ordinance was approved and adopted effective December 20, 2006. The
Ordinance established an initial wage of $11.70 per hour with an employer contribution of at least
$1.50 per hour per employee toward medical benefits, and $13.20 per hour without contribution
toward benefits.
Petaluma Municipal Code Chapter 8.36 (the Living Wage Ordinance), at Section 836.060(D)
provides that the initial rate:
"...be increased annually on July 1, in accordance with any increase due to a cost of living
adjustment for City employees, equal to the average cost of living adjustment (excluding
equity pay increases) for all City non -safety, non -management employees as of the date of
the most recent adjustment of the pay of non -safety, non -management employees, but no
more than the most recent December to December Consumer Price Index for San
Francisco -Oakland -San Jose (CPI -U), published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics".
The Ordinance also provides that the City Council may review the impact of the cost of living
adjustment (COLA) on an annual basis to assess any potential adverse impact and may modify or
suspend adoption of a COLA otherwise allowed by this subsection. Pursuant to the Living Wage
Ordinance, any adjustment would be effective on July 1.
Last year, based on the December 2015 to December 2016 increase in the Consumer Price Index
for the San Francisco -Oakland -San Jose (CPI -U), the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2017-
079 N.C.S which increased the Living Wage rate by 3.5 percent effective July 1, 2017.
*Proposed
DISCUSSION
% Increase
Established
None
3.30%
None
2.60%
1.50%
2.90%
2.2%
2.6%
2.7%
3.2%
3.5%
3.2%
The December 2016 to December 2017 change in the CPI -U for the San Francisco -Oakland -San
Jose area is a 3.2 percent increase. If a COLA is approved, the Living Wage will increase to
$15.47 per hour with an employer,contribution toward medical benefits and $17.34 per hour
without that contribution.
Increasing the Living Wage by 3.2% this year would affect 21 employees in Living Wage
positions, and approximately 22 employees in part time Recreation Services positions
benchmarked to living wage positions. Together, these positions represent a combined 2017/18
payroll of $525,459. This would increase by $16,815, to $542,274, when the 3.2% COLA is
applied.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS
Increasing the living wage by 3.2% will result in an estimated total increased cost to the City in
FY 2018-2019 of $16,815: $8,097 for Living Wage positions and $8,718 for part-time Recreation
Services positions benchmarked to the Living Wage. The General Fund's share of this cost is
$14,720.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Resolution - Setting the Living Wage for FY 2018-2019
2
History of Living Wage Adjustments
LW Rate with
Medical
LW Rate
Effective
Medical
Contribution
without
Contribution
Rate
Medical
Contribution
$11.70
$1.50
$13.20
12/20/2006
2007
$12.14
$1.50
$13.64
1/1/2008
2009
$12.46
$1.50
$13.99
7/l/2010
$12.65
$1.50
$14.20
7/1/2011
$13.02
$1.50
$14.61
7/1/2012
$13.31
$1.50
$14.93
7/1/2013
$13.66
$1.50
$15.32
7/1/2014
$14.03
$1.50
$15.73
7/1/2015
$14.48
$1.50
$16.23
7/1/2016
$14.99
$1.50
$16.80
7/1/2017
*$15.47
$1.50
*$17.34
7/1/2018
*Proposed
DISCUSSION
% Increase
Established
None
3.30%
None
2.60%
1.50%
2.90%
2.2%
2.6%
2.7%
3.2%
3.5%
3.2%
The December 2016 to December 2017 change in the CPI -U for the San Francisco -Oakland -San
Jose area is a 3.2 percent increase. If a COLA is approved, the Living Wage will increase to
$15.47 per hour with an employer,contribution toward medical benefits and $17.34 per hour
without that contribution.
Increasing the Living Wage by 3.2% this year would affect 21 employees in Living Wage
positions, and approximately 22 employees in part time Recreation Services positions
benchmarked to living wage positions. Together, these positions represent a combined 2017/18
payroll of $525,459. This would increase by $16,815, to $542,274, when the 3.2% COLA is
applied.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS
Increasing the living wage by 3.2% will result in an estimated total increased cost to the City in
FY 2018-2019 of $16,815: $8,097 for Living Wage positions and $8,718 for part-time Recreation
Services positions benchmarked to the Living Wage. The General Fund's share of this cost is
$14,720.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Resolution - Setting the Living Wage for FY 2018-2019
2
RESOLUTION SETTING THE CITY OF PETALUMA LIVING WAGE RATE
AT $15.47 PER HOUR WITH AN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION
TOWARD MEDICAL BENEFITS AND $17.34 PER HOUR
WITHOUT AN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TOWARD MEDICAL BENEFITS,
FOR THE 2018-2019 FISCAL YEAR
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Petaluma established a Living Wage
Required for Specified City -Funded Contracts and City Employees, by adopting Ordinance
No. 2256 N.C.S., effective December 20, 2006 ("the Living Wage Ordinance"); and,
WHEREAS, the Living Wage Ordinance is codified at Chapter 8.36 of the City of
Petaluma Municipal Code; and,
WHEREAS, Municipal Code Section 8.36.060.D, provides that the Living Wage
rate shall be increased annually on July 1, in accordance with any increase due to a cost of
living adjustment for non -safety, non -management City employees, but no more than the
most recent December to December Consumer Price Index for San Francisco -Oakland -San
Jose (CPI -U); and,
WHEREAS, Section 8.36.060.D further provides that the City Council may
review the impact of the cost of living adjustment ("COLA") on an annual basis to assess
any potential adverse impact and may modify or suspend adoption of a COLA otherwise
allowed by the subsection; and,
WHEREAS, the initial Living Wage rate in 2006 was $11.70 per hour with an
employer contribution of at least $1.50 per hour per employee toward medical benefits and
$13.20 per hour without said contribution; and,
WHEREAS, the current Living Wage pursuant to Chapter 8.36 is $14.99 per hour
if a contribution of at least $1.50 per hour per employee is paid by the employer toward the
cost of medical benefits; and $16.80 per hour without said contribution toward medical
benefits; and,
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WHEREAS, the December to December Consumer Price Index for San Francisco -
Oakland -San Jose (CPI -U) indicates an overall increase of 3.2% in Bay Area consumer
prices from December 2016 to December 2017.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that pursuant to Petaluma Municipal
Code Section 8.36.060.D, the City Council adopts a 3.2% COLA adjustment to the Living
Wage and effective July 1, 2018 the Living Wage is $15.47 per hour with an employer
contribution toward medical benefits of at least $1.50 per hour per employee, and $17.34
per hour without said contribution.
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