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Highlights of the Finance Committee Meeting of March 15, 2016
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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
FINANCE COMMITTEE
March 15, 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
Mayor Cutter called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
1.A. Attendance
Committee members present: Mayor Cutter, Councilmember Prola, Councilmember Lee
City staff present: City Manager Zapata, City Attorney Pio Roda, Finance Director Baum, Cynthia Battenberg, Community Development Director, Assistant Finance Director Fuentes, Budget/Compliance Manager Perini, Deputy City Manager Engelbart; Business Development Manager Kay, Katie Bowman, Business Development Specialist
Public present: Doug Jones, Augustine Ramirez, Pedro Salvador Sanchez, Jim Kelly, Harley Dean, Jenny Divish, Fred Pecker
1.B. Announcements
None
2. DISCUSSION ITEMS
2.A. Minimum Wage Update
Councilmember Lee differentiated between Local and National Businesses and is asking for a recommendation for a policy that will work for all. Local businesses include restaurants, supermarkets and minority owned supermarkets. Local businesses are able to keep costs to a minimum and provide quality goods and services to the community. The employees of these local businesses may earn overtime and benefits however the owners may have a more difficult time in paying higher wages without increasing the cost to the community. National businesses are businesses such as WalMart and McDonalds and have the ability to pay higher wages. Councilmember Lee is recommending to staff to look at a two-tiered approach and have a range that Council will approve.
Councilmember Prola stated that studies have been done that prove that many small businesses are not hurt by increasing the minimum wage. Councilmember Prola stated that the two-tier should be decided on firm size. He would also like to determin...
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