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3 <br /> 1. By approval of amendments to the Orange County Personnel Ordinance,the Board <br /> establishes a living wage for employees of Orange County as County policy and shall <br /> reflect the same through the salary schedule and pay plan which it may adopt as part of <br /> the annual budget process; and <br /> 2. The Board may adopt a public policy that strongly encourages vendors with whom the <br /> County contracts for services to pay their employees a living wage,which is currently <br /> defined to be$8 per hour; and direct the Manager and the Director of Purchasing and <br /> Central Services to ensure that language to this effect is incorporated into request for <br /> proposals for service contracts which the County may consider; and <br /> 3. The Board may wish to consider steps as appropriate to address the living wage in <br /> specific areas, such as child care providers, by endorsing statewide initiatves to elevate <br /> these issues for approrpirate state-wide legislation or action. <br />