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Resolution No. 2021-082 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
RESOLUTION APPROVING AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE CITY OF PETALUMA LIVING WAGE
RATE BY: 1) SETTING THE CITY OF PETALUMA LIVING WAGE RATE AT $16.90 PER HOUR
WITH AN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TOWARD MEDICAL BENEFITS AND $18.94 PER HOUR
WITHOUT AN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TOWARD MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2021-2022 AND IF APPROVED, 2) AMENDING THE PAY RATES FOR PART-TIME
POSITIONS BENCHMARKED TO LIVING WAGE POSITIONS
WHEREAS, the City Council 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 as 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
(CPI-U) for the San Francisco area; 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 $16.57 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 $18.57 per
hour without said contribution toward medical benefits; and,
WHEREAS, the December to December Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) for the San Francisco area
indicates an overall increase of 2% in Bay Area consumer prices from December 2019 to December 2020; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma’s part-time positions of Building Attendant, Marina Attendant, Ramp
Attendant, and Tiny Tots Teacher I are subject to the Living Wage; and,
WHEREAS, the City wishes to maintain pay rate consistency within certain part-time positions which are
related, and/or similar to the City’s Living Wage positions, but are not subject to the Living Wage ordinance;
and,
WHEREAS, the City last adjusted the pay rates for the City’s Living Wage positions and benchmarked
part-time positions effective July 1, 2020 by 2.5%; and,
WHEREAS, the proposed action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378, in that adjusting the City’s Living Wage
Rate does not meet CEQA's definition of a “project,” because the action constitutes a government fiscal activity
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and organizational or administrative activity which does not have the potential for resulting in either a direct
physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment;
and,
WHEREAS, if the proposed action did constitute a project under CEQA the action is exempt under the
common-sense exemption, CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that
there is no possibility that the proposed action could have a significant impact on the environment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Petaluma hereby:
1. Declares the above recitals to be true and correct and are incorporated into this resolution as findings of the
City Council.
2. Finds the proposed action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378, in that adjusting the City’s Living Wage Rate
does not meet CEQA's definition of a “project,” because the action constitutes a government fiscal activity
and organizational or administrative activity which does not have the potential for resulting in either a direct
physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment,
and relatedly, if the proposed action did constitute a project under CEQA the action is exempt under the
common-sense exemption, CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that
there is no possibility that the proposed action could have a significant impact on the environment.
3. Approves pursuant to Petaluma Municipal Code Section 8.36.060.D a 2% COLA adjustment to the Living
Wage and effective July 1, 2021 the Living Wage is $16.90 per hour with an employer contribution toward
medical benefits of at least $1.50 per hour per employee, and $18.94 per hour without said contribution; and
if approved,
4. Amends the pay rates for part-time positions benchmarked to Living Wage positions effective July 1, 2021
as listed in Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and hereby made a part hereof.
Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 7th day of June 2021,
by the following vote:
Approved as to
form:
__________________________
City Attorney
AYES: Mayor Barrett; Vice Mayor Barnacle; Fischer; Healy; King; McDonnell; Pocekay
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: ______________________________________________
City Clerk
______________________________________________
Mayor
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EXHIBIT A
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The City of Petaluma
Pay Rate Schedule for Adjusted Part-Time Positions
Effective July 1, 2021
PAY STEPS
PART-TIME POSITIONS 1 2 3 4 5
Part Time-Living Wage Positions
PT BUILDING ATTENDANT 18.94
PT MARINA ATTENDANT 18.94
PT RAMP ATTENDANT 18.94
PT TINY TOTS TEACHER 1 18.94
Part Time-Recreation Positions
PT MUSEUM COORDINATOR 17.43 18.28 19.22 20.16 21.17
PT REC LEADER 15.69
PT REC LEADER /SENIOR 18.03
PT REC SPECIALIST A 16.35 17.16 18.02 18.94 19.88
PT REC SPECIALIST B 20.86 21.90 22.99 24.14 25.36
PT TINY TOTS DIRECTOR 1 20.88 21.91 23.00 24.17 25.37
PT TINY TOTS DIRECTOR 2 23.02 24.20 25.40 26.67 27.97
PT TINY TOTS DIRECTOR 3 29.38 30.86 32.39 34.04 35.72
PT TINY TOTS TEACHER 2 20.09 21.09 22.14 23.29 24.42
PT TINY TOTS TEACHER 3 25.66 26.93 28.29 29.70 31.21
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