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Special Meeting
August 16, 2016
Chairperson DuBois called the meeting to order at 6:01 P.M. in the
Community Meeting Room, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California.
Present: Berman, DuBois (Chair), Kniss, Scharff
Absent:
Oral Communications
None.
Agenda Items
1. Auditor's Office Quarterly Report as of June 30, 2016.
MOTION: Council Member Kniss moved, seconded by Chair DuBois to
recommend the City Council accept the Auditor’s Office Quarterly Report as
of June 30, 2016.
MOTION PASSED: 4-0
2. City Auditor's Office Fiscal Year 2017 Proposed Work Plan.
MOTION: Vice Mayor Scharff moved, seconded by Council Member Kniss to
recommend the City Council approve the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Proposed
Audit Work Plan with the following changes:
A. The audit for Analysis of Agreements with PAUSD should read “Identify
all agreements with PAUSD and the parties involved in each and
benchmark against other school districts to determine which services
are generally provided by a school district or the city.”
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B. The Code Enforcement audit should begin later in Fiscal Year 2017 so
the bulk of the work is performed in Fiscal Year 2018.
MOTION PASSED: 4-0
At this time the Committee heard Agenda Item Number 4.
4. Consider Options for Changing the Palo Alto Minimum Wage, Currently
$11 Per Hour, By Further Increasing the Rate and Considering
Exemptions and Direct Staff to Take Related Action or Maintain the Existing Rate and Rate Increase Scheduled for January 2017.
MOTION: Vice Mayor Scharff moved, seconded by Council Member Berman
to recommend the City Council direct Staff to prepare Ordinance
amendments to increase the minimum wage to $13 on 1/1/2017 and $15 on
1/1/2019 with a CPI increase starting 1/1/2020 indexed to the Bay Area.
INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE
MAKER AND THE SECONDER to change the timeline to state “$13 on
1/1/2017 and $15 on 7/1/2018.”
MOTION WITHDRAWN BY THE MAKER
MOTION: Vice Mayor Scharff moved, seconded by Council Member Kniss to
recommend the City Council approve the Cities Association recommended
minimum wage increase without the off-ramp triggers and direct Staff to
prepare related Ordinance amendments to increase the minimum wage to
$15 in three steps: $12 on 1/1/2017, $13.50 on 1/1/2018, $15 on 1/1/19,
and a CPI increase after 2019 indexed to the Bay Area with 5 percent cap
and no exemptions.
MOTION PASSED: 4-0
The Committee took a break from 8:21 P.M. to 8:29 P.M.
3. Discussion and Status Update Concerning City Initiatives on Fiber-to-the-Premises and Wireless Network Issues, Including Work Related to
Potential Google Fiber and AT&T GigaPower Deployments and Co-Build
Opportunities in Palo Alto; and Finding That Such Discussion and
Update are not a Project Requiring California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) Review.
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NO ACTION TAKEN
Future Meetings and Agendas
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 9:26 P.M.