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Highlights of the Finance Committee Meeting of January 25, 2016
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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
FINANCE COMMITTEE
January 25, 2016
5:00 - 6:30p.m.
San Leandro City Hall
835 East 14th Street
San Leandro, California
(Sister Cities Gallery)
HIGHLIGHTS
1. CALL TO ORDER
Vice Mayor Prola called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
1.A. Attendance
Committee members present: Vice Mayor Prola, Councilmember Lee
City staff present: City Manager Zapata, City Attorney Pio Roda, Finance Director Baum, Assistant Finance Director Fuentes, Budget/Compliance Manager Perini, Assistant to the City Manager Engelbart; Business Development Manager Kay
Public present: Mike Wiesner, Jenny Dubouge, Joey Garcia, Jennifer Lin, Lee Thomas, Dave Johnson, Richard Becker, Augustin Ramirez, Robin Torello, Terry Sandoval, Crystal Gonzales
1.B. Announcements
None.
2. DISCUSSION ITEMS
2.A. Minimum Wage Update
Vice Mayor Prola announced that this discussion of Minimum Wage is being continued from the December 15, 2015 Finance Committee. City Manager Zapata stated that at the December 15, 2015 meeting, committee members asked that some items be clarified and asked staff to provide a working draft of the Minimum Wage Ordinance. Assistant to the City Manager Engelbart handed out an updated spreadsheet of an overview and assessment of minimum wage requirements throughout different cities in the bay area. The spreadsheet also includes population count, number of housing units, labor force data, unemployment rates and percentage of population living below poverty line. Mr. Engelbart acknowledged that the committee also asked for information related to business license data from other cities. Unfortunately, staff encountered difficulties in gathering such information. Mr. Engelbart provided an explanation that some differences are due to cities using information from July vs. January.
City Attorney Pio Roda provided a copy of a working...
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