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&CH;H=?#IGGCNN?? -CHON?MȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚȚ/=NI<?L ǴțǴǲǳǺ C. Ordinance: Amending Business License Regulations Staff is seeking Council approval of a code-amending ordinance that would be compliant with the new State-required model licensing ordinance that includes a minimum threshold to require a business license. Legislation passed by the State in 2017 requires cities to partner with a combined licensing service or no longer issue licenses after December 2022. The City has ness Licensing Service and now must amend Tukwila Municipal Code Title 5 with the model licensing language. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO OCTOBER 8, 2018 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. D. Employee Compensation Policy Staff returned with a draft resolution incorporating feedback given in previous Committee meetings and containing policy items relating to timeliness, comparability, market ranking, and internal equity. The draft now proposes a second criteria for comparability being whether or not a city has its own police department, as that is service and employee levels. The draft also proposes a new definition of compression small difference in pay between employees regardless of their skills, level, seniority or The Committee discussed the proposed revisions, focusing on how to treat positions significantly under market. One possibility would be for the Finance Committee to review all positions out of alignment on a regular schedule. The Committee requested the resolution return to committee with additional information as follows: #IGJ;L;<F? #CNC?M Return with results of the market study using the updated proposed criteria. -;LE?N #IGJ?NCNCP?H?MM Correct typo in B(3): or more below the #IGJL?MMCIH Non-represented employees in attendance addressed the Committee and comments included the following: Changing B(3) to fixed dollar amounts instead of percentage would create a depreciating band as you move up the position scale. Anything below 3% of market rate is probably not competitive. In labor negotiations, 3% is considered a significant move. Employees are not familiar with the methology used in the market study. Accuracy of the market study will be extremely important if Council is considering a wage freeze based upon its results. True comparability includes more than just base wage.