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File #: 140110    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: ADOPTED
File created: 2/20/2014 In control: CITY COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 3/13/2014
Title: Amending Resolution No. 110807 (adopted November 17, 2011), which provided for the appointment of a five (5) person Living Wage and Benefits Review Committee pursuant to § 17-1311 of The Philadelphia Code, by specifying two additional organizations authorized to make appointments to the Committee.
Sponsors: Councilmember Goode
Attachments: 1. Signature14011000.pdf
Title
Amending Resolution No. 110807 (adopted November 17, 2011), which provided for the appointment of a five (5) person Living Wage and Benefits Review Committee pursuant to § 17-1311 of The Philadelphia Code, by specifying two additional organizations authorized to make appointments to the Committee.

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WHEREAS, Resolution No. 110807 (adopted November 17, 2011), provided for the appointment of a five (5) person Living Wage and Benefits Review Committee pursuant to § 17-1311 of The Philadelphia Code by designating five organizations authorized to make such appointments; and

WHEREAS, Council wishes to expand to seven the number of organizations that may make appointments to the Committee and to identify the two additional organizations; now, therefore,

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That Resolution No. 110807 (adopted November 17, 2011) is hereby amended to read as follows, with such amendments to take effect upon enactment by Council of an Ordinance amending § 17-1311(2) of The Philadelphia Code to increase the size of the Living Wage and Benefits Review Committee to seven (7) members:

WHEREAS, Bill No. 110558 was passed by City Council on October 13, 2011, approved by the Mayor on October 26, 2011, and called for the establishment of a Living Wage and Benefits Review Committee; and

WHEREAS, The City Council seeks to establish a five (5) seven (7) person committee entitled the "Living Wage and Benefits Review Committee", the purpose of which shall be to review the implementation, effectiveness and enforcement of this Chapter and to make recommendations to Council regarding the adoption of resolutions calling for debarment of certain contractors and recipients of City financial assistance under §17-1312; and

WHEREAS, The Living Wage and Benefits Review Committee shall be composed of five (5) seven (7) members, at least four of whom shall be representatives of the labor and business communities and one of whom shall b...

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