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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. S_ q <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 1, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: Resolution Honoring Carol Woods Retirement Center <br />DEPARTMENT: Economic Development Commission PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1~ <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Resolution <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Dianne Reid <br />TELEPHONE N <br />Hillsborough <br />Chapel Hill <br />Durham <br />Mebane <br />UMBERS: - - ezt. 2325 <br />732-8181 <br />968-4501 <br />688-7331 <br />227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To recognize Carol Woods Retirement Center for outstanding corporate citizenship <br />for voluntarily adopting a livable wage policy for its employees. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />In 1994 the Orange County Boazd of Commissioners adopted a policy entitled "Towards a <br />Sustainable Community," which established the County's commitment to sustainability. An <br />important component of sustainability is the ability of workers to provide a decent standazd of living <br />for themselves and their families. In 1998, the Board of Commissioners codified this principal <br />through the adoption of a Personnel Ordinance revision to require a living wage of $8 per hour for <br />County employees. The Boazd also strongly encouraged employers doing business with the County <br />to pay the $8 per hour living wage. <br />The Orange County Economic Development Commission, as part of its 1996 Strategic Plan for <br />Economic Development, adopted a Statement of Corporate Citizenship which encourages <br />businesses to be good corporate citizens through their employment practices. <br />The Carol Woods Retirement Center has taken the lead among local private employers by adopting <br />a livable wage policy which provides a minimum of $8.00 an hour to its 280 full-time and part-time <br />employees. <br />The EDC and Boazd of County Commissioners wish to honor and commend leadership in corporate <br />citizenship by adopting a resolution to congratulate and recognize the Boazd of Directors and <br />management of Carol Woods Retirement Center as an Outstanding Corporate Citizen. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None <br />RECOMMENDATON(S): The Manager recommends the Board adopt the attached resolution. <br />