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5 <br /> AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE PAYMENT <br /> OF A LIVING WAGE IN ORANGE COUNTY <br /> WHEREAS, the federal minimum wage, as late as 1970, provided <br /> a worker with annual earnings exceeding the federally defined <br /> poverty level for a family of three; and <br /> WHEREAS, the federal minimum wage has failed to keep up with <br /> inflation and no longer provides a worker annual earnings <br /> exceeding the federally defined poverty level for a family of <br /> three; and <br /> WHEREAS, it is beneficial to the health and welfare of the <br /> citizens of Orange County to be paid a wage which enables them to <br /> not live in poverty; and <br /> WHEREAS, economic development in Orange county provides many <br /> benefits for citizens of Orange County, one of which should be a <br /> wage which enables all working people to not live in poverty; and <br /> WHEREAS, this ordinance provides for a wage, consistent with <br /> other programs operated by Orange County, to meet the employment, <br /> economic development and housing needs of persons of low and <br /> moderate income; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County desires to use its authority to <br /> procure services and to pursue economic development in a manner <br /> that improves the health and welfare of the citizens of the <br /> County; and <br /> WHEREAS, it is the purpose of this ordinance to provide for <br /> a living hourly wage rate for workers employed by persons <br /> (natural or otherwise) awarded contracts and economic development <br />