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Highlights of the Finance Committee Meeting of December 15, 2015
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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
FINANCE COMMITTEE
December 15, 2015
5:00 - 6:30p.m.
San Leandro City Hall
835 East 14th Street
San Leandro, California
(Sister Cities Gallery)
HIGHLIGHTS
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Cutter called the meeting to order at 5:00p.m.
1.A. Attendance
Committee members present: Mayor Cutter, 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; Engineering & Transportation Director Cooke
Public present: Bella Comelo, Jenny Lin, Mia Ousley, Agustin Ramirez, Fred Pecker
1.B. Announcements
None.
2. DISCUSSION ITEMS
2.A. Minimum Wage Update
Assistant to the City Manager Engelbart provided a matrix of the minimum wage amounts and laws of the various jurisdictions within the Bay Area. Mr. Engelbart provided a brief summary, which included the recent changes in both the City of Oakland and Emeryville. Councilmember Lee thanked staff for their work on gathering the information and requested to see the density of the businesses within the various cities shown in the matrix vs. the business within the City of San Leandro. Councilmember Lee would also like a better understanding of how many large businesses are in the City and how many small businesses provide minimum wage salaries. In addition, Councilmember Lee requested information on the cost of living, including housing prices.
Mayor Cutter also requested information on population of the cities.
Vice Mayor Prola provided information regarding El Cerrito minimum wage increase.
Fred Pecker of ILWU Local 6 acknowledges and appreciates the City for assisting in making certain the wages for the employees of ACI [Alameda County Industries] were fair. Mr. Pecker stressed the importance o...
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