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File #: 130532    Version: Name:
Type: Bill Status: ENACTED
File created: 6/13/2013 In control: Committee on Law and Government
On agenda: Final action: 9/26/2013
Title: Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter confirming Council's power to enact provisions Council considers necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of a Minimum Wage and Benefits Ordinance, including, but not limited to, provisions mandating that minimum wage and benefits requirements be passed along to subcontractors on City contracts and subrecipients of City financial assistance, with debarment as a potential penalty for violation of such provisions; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Sponsors: Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Johnson, Council President Clarke, Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember O'Brien, Councilmember Henon, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Kenney
Indexes: MINIMUM WAGE, PHILADELPHIA HOME RULE CHARTER
Attachments: 1. CertifiedCopy13053201.pdf
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Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter confirming Council's power to enact provisions Council considers necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of a Minimum Wage and Benefits Ordinance, including, but not limited to, provisions mandating that minimum wage and benefits requirements be passed along to subcontractors on City contracts and subrecipients of City financial assistance, with debarment as a potential penalty for violation of such provisions; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.

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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. There shall be submitted for the approval or disapproval of the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia at the election to be held May 20, 2014, the amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter contained in Resolution No. 130544 approved by Council on September 26, 2013, and filed in the Office of the Clerk of Council.

SECTION 2. There shall be placed on the ballot the following question to be answered "Yes" or "No" by the qualified electors participating in the election:

Shall The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to confirm Council's power to enact provisions Council considers necessary or appropriate to implement a Minimum Wage and Benefits Ordinance, including, but not limited to, provisions mandating that minimum wage and benefits requirements be passed along to subcontractors on City contracts and subrecipients of City financial assistance, and provisions authorizing the granting and revocation of waivers, with debarment as a potential penalty for violation of such provisions?

SECTION 3. The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to have printed in pamphlet form, in sufficient number for general distributi...

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