Amended Ordinance for Item 49
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 1:55 pm
Colleagues:
My co-sponsors and I greatly appreciate the time you’ve dedicated to the three work sessions before today’s vote on the paid sick days ordinance (Item 49). After much consideration and conversation with community partners, my co-sponsors and I are putting forward the following amended ordinance (linked below) for your consideration. The amendments to the ordinance accomplish two things:
1) Adding additional clarifications so that community members can best understand the ordinance; and
2) Incorporating the spirit and substance of many of the amendments put forward by council members during the last three work sessions.
I fully support the ordinance as originally proposed, and I understand that both strengthening the ordinance and making compromises are necessary to gain support from as many of our colleagues as possible for a paid sick days policy for all workers in Austin. The ordinance as originally posted was composed through a democratic process, through many conversations with the community, the formal stakeholder process, and my co-sponsors. Today my co-sponsors and I continue that process as we put forward this amended ordinance in a good faith effort to earn your strong support.
I would like to thank Council Members for bringing your questions, concerns, and amendments to the table during the work sessions, which helped create this final draft. I would also like to offer a special thank you to Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo, Council Member Delia Garza and Council Member Ann Kitchen for all of the work you’ve put in, alongside my office, over the last year. Alongside these co-sponsors, we have submitted an agenda item for a resolution that will have the City comply with the ordinance for all of our own employees as well. I look forward to having strong support on the dais for paid sick days in both the private sector and for all of our own staff.
I am so proud of the process that got us all to this point and very much look forward to this evening’s conversation.
Sincerely,
Greg
Amended ordinance for Item 49: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 135505.pdf
My co-sponsors and I greatly appreciate the time you’ve dedicated to the three work sessions before today’s vote on the paid sick days ordinance (Item 49). After much consideration and conversation with community partners, my co-sponsors and I are putting forward the following amended ordinance (linked below) for your consideration. The amendments to the ordinance accomplish two things:
1) Adding additional clarifications so that community members can best understand the ordinance; and
2) Incorporating the spirit and substance of many of the amendments put forward by council members during the last three work sessions.
I fully support the ordinance as originally proposed, and I understand that both strengthening the ordinance and making compromises are necessary to gain support from as many of our colleagues as possible for a paid sick days policy for all workers in Austin. The ordinance as originally posted was composed through a democratic process, through many conversations with the community, the formal stakeholder process, and my co-sponsors. Today my co-sponsors and I continue that process as we put forward this amended ordinance in a good faith effort to earn your strong support.
I would like to thank Council Members for bringing your questions, concerns, and amendments to the table during the work sessions, which helped create this final draft. I would also like to offer a special thank you to Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo, Council Member Delia Garza and Council Member Ann Kitchen for all of the work you’ve put in, alongside my office, over the last year. Alongside these co-sponsors, we have submitted an agenda item for a resolution that will have the City comply with the ordinance for all of our own employees as well. I look forward to having strong support on the dais for paid sick days in both the private sector and for all of our own staff.
I am so proud of the process that got us all to this point and very much look forward to this evening’s conversation.
Sincerely,
Greg
Amended ordinance for Item 49: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 135505.pdf