[bouldercouncilhotline] Hotline: Re: League of Women Voters event

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Sender: Morzel, Lisa

Hi Jane,


Please see letter and invitation below.  


I plan on bringing this issue up tonight during our budget discussion.  I was looking in the proposed budget where fair living wages with benefits for our contract employees was discussed but cannot find it. I'm hoping funds are identified in this year's budget where the current situation can be rectified and improved for those workers.


Thanks

Lisa
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Lisa Morzel
Member of Boulder City Council
303-815-6723
303-938-8520


"Politics
 is what we create by what we do, what we hope for, and what we dare to imagine."  Paul Wellstone 1944-2002


On Sep 8, 2015, at 10:00 AM, "lwvbcbreakfast at comcast.net" <lwvbcbreakfast at comcast.net> wrote:


To: Mayor Applebaum and council members Cowles, Jones, Karakehian, Morzel, Plass, Shoemaker, Weaver, and
 Young


SAVE THE DATE: OCTOBER 14th, 2015
FAIR WAGES BREAKFAST


The 
League of Women Voters of Boulder County is inviting you and other religious, non-profit, civic, and political leaders to
BREAKFAST on Wednesday morning, October 14th. The purpose is to discuss an upcoming report about fair wages for the City of Boulder's contract, seasonal, and part-time workers.

Colorado law prohibits local governments from setting a local minimum wage except for their own employees. The city of Boulder has a minimum wage for its full-time employees that does exceed the state minimum. We encourage the city to consider improving wages and benefits of municipal contract, seasonal and part-time workers—that is, workers not employed directly by the city. A group of city staff members from various departments expects to complete a report to the city manager in November that includes recommendations
on these matters. The report will be available to the public. The Human Relations Commission will consider the report and can make recommendations to council. Council will decide in their January retreat if they will put this topic on their 2016 agenda.

The purpose of our breakfast meeting on October 14th is to alert participants to the upcoming report and council discussion. Three speakers will briefly present the issues, to prepare participants to attend and speak at HRC and council meetings, write letters to the editor, and communicate their concerns to council members. 


One of our organization’s goals is that the council will add to its contract language a labor practices clause that will specify minimum wages and benefits that the city requires contractees to comply with in their own hiring practices—to the extent that state law allows. Our ultimate goal would be for the Colorado Legislature to amend or repeal the state prohibition.


The breakfast is at First Congregational Church in downtown Boulder and will begin at 7:30. Speakers and discussion will wrap up at 8:45am. Details and reservation information will follow shortly. We hope you can join us!


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