On October 18, 2017, the City Commission approved increases to the minimum wage rate, known as the living wage rate, that service contractors are required to pay their employees in the following phased-in approach.
1. Effective January 1, 2018, covered employees must be paid a living wage rate of no less than $11.62 per hour with health care benefits of at least $2.26 per hour, or a living wage rate of no less than $13.88 per hour without health care benefits.
2. Effective January 1, 2019, covered employees must be paid a living wage rate of no less than $11.70 per hour with health care benefits of at least $2.74 per hour, or a living wage rate of no less than $14.44 per hour without health care benefits.
3. Effective January 1, 2020, covered employees must be paid a living wage rate of no less than $11.78 per hour with health care benefits of at least $3.22 per hour, or a living wage rate of no less than$15.00 per hour without health care benefits.
During each subsequent annual budget discussions, the City Commission reaffirmed the phased-in rates approved in October 2017.