Memo
City
of
Department
of Administrative Services
TO: Dave Corliss, City Manager
CC:
Jonathan Douglass,
Assistant to the City Manager
Lori Carnahan, Personnel
Manager
FROM: Frank S. Reeb, Administrative
Services Director/City Clerk
DATE: January 23, 2008
RE: 2008 Wage Floor
Pursuant to the City’s Tax Abatement Policy (Code Sections 1-2101 et
seq.), the wage floor hourly wage is adjusted annually based on an annual
wage “equal to one hundred thirty percent (130%) of the federal poverty
threshold for a family of three (3), as established by the United States
Department of Health and Human Services.”
The 2008 HHS Poverty Guidelines, published today January 23, 2008 in the
Federal Register (Vol. 73, No. 15, Wednesday, January 23, 2008, pp. 3971-3972), establish the poverty level for a family of three at $17,600. Therefore, the wage floor hourly wage will
increase from $10.73 in 2007 to $11.00 for 2008 ($17,600 x 1.3 = $22,880/2080 =
$11.00/hour).
Here is a summary of the wage floor amounts since
the inception of Ordinance 7706:
Year Wage Floor
2003
$9.53
2004
$9.79
2005
$10.06
2006
$10.38
2007
$10.73
2008
$11.00
We will send written notification of the 2008 wage
floor to the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, the Kaw Valley Living Wage Alliance,
AMARR Garage Door Group, Packerware/Berry Plastics and API Foils.
If you have any questions, please let me know.