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Qonunti nn &part <br /> PERSONNEL & FINANCE COMMITTEE <br /> go the Comm (IIouutil of tip Q ug of ►outli limb: <br /> The May 7, 1990, meeting of the Personnel & Finance <br /> Committee was called to order at 4:05 PM in the Board of <br /> Public Works meeting room, 13th Floor, County-City Building <br /> by its Chairperson Council Member Ann Puzzello. <br /> • <br /> Persons in attendance included Council Members Duda, <br /> Puzzello, Luecke, Zakrzewski, and Voorde; Joan Hac, Dr. <br /> Teresa Ghilarducci, Mary Craypo, Naiomi Newsom, Don Porter, <br /> and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand. <br /> Council Member Puzzello then had all of the individuals <br /> present introduced. She noted that the purpose of the <br /> meeting was to hear a proposal from representatives of the <br /> Working Women's Coalition with regard to requesting that the <br /> minimum wage in St. Joseph County be raised to $5. 00 per <br /> hour, effective January of 1991. <br /> Mary Craypo of the Working' Women's Coalition, who is <br /> currently working for the Census Bureau, then provided <br /> background information to the committee. She handed out <br /> three documents, namely, one entitled "Survey of St. Joseph <br /> County Employers", prepared by Dr. Teresa Ghilarducci of the <br /> Department of Economics of the University of Notre Dame, a <br /> document entitled "Would Raising the Minimum Wage Help <br /> Business in St. Joseph County?", and a multi-page document <br /> showing survey results conducted by IUSB students in class <br /> L230 (all of which are attached) . <br /> She also noted that members of the Working Women's Coalition <br /> had contacted the State Attorney General's Office to inquire <br /> whether a local community could set a minimum wage different <br /> than one set by the federal government. She advised the <br /> Committee that it could be done. She also noted that <br /> fourteen (14) communities have separate minimum wages higher <br /> that the federal standard, twelve (12) of which are states <br /> primarily located on the east and west coast. <br /> Joan Hac, who is the acting coordinator of the "Division of <br /> Labor Studies at IUSB" then gave background information with <br /> regard to the class survey conducted as a part of her class <br /> entitled "Labor and Economy. " She then briefly summarized <br /> the handout. <br /> Council Member Voorde noted that he was at the debate at the <br /> Colfax Center. He questioned whether the Working Women's <br /> Coalition had discussed their proposal with the County. <br /> They advised him that they had made contact with the County <br />