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To request that the Mayor (i) propose an annual budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 that recommends $1,131,800 in funding to increase wages and benefits for contracted janitorial workers and (ii) pursue an amendment of the City's Janitorial Services contract during Fiscal Year 2026-2027 to add a requirement that the City's janitorial services contractor pay its employees at least the City's minimum wage and to request that the Chief Administrative Officer, upon the approval of the aforementioned budget appropriation, pursue an amendment of the City's janitorial services contract to include a requirement that the City's janitorial services contractor pay the City's minimum wage to its employees who are performing services under the City's janitorial services contract beginning Jul. 1, 2026.
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WHEREAS, the City of Richmond's minimum wage for all city employees was increased to $20.00 per hour, one of the highest in the Commonwealth, on July 1, 2024, but third-party contractors under contract to provide services in City facilities, including janitorial and security services, are not required to pay their employees at the same rate; and
WHEREAS, the City Council unanimously adopted Resolution No. 2025-R019, adopted June 2, 2025, which requested that the Chief Administrative Officer cause to be conducted a study of the fiscal, operational, and related considerations associated with requiring janitorial and security contractors under contract to provide services to the City to pay the City's minimum wage, currently $20.00 per hour, to their employees who are performing services under those City contracts, and to provide the Council with any recommendations for implementing such a requirement; and
WHEREAS, the Chief Administrative Officer reported in the study performed pursuant to Resolution No. 2025-R019 that the City awarded a new security services contract pursuant to Chapter 21 of the Code of the City of Richmond (2020), as amended, and ...
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