The D.C. Council has spent Monday debating the District’s price range. That listening to has been happening because the morning with some very large points and packages going through extreme cuts.
Initiative 82
One of many greatest points on the desk is Initiative 82, which voters authorized for the minimal wage for tipped staff be the identical for different staff.
Twice since 2018, D.C. residents have authorized voter initiatives to pay tipped staff the identical minimal wage. In her price range proposal, Mayor Muriel Bowser included language repealing the regulation.
Chairman Phil Mendelson informed reporters on Monday the council was set to approve a what he referred to as a compromise that will decrease the tipped minimal wage to $8 an hour however require employers to make up the distinction if the $8 per hour plus suggestions doesn’t equal $20 per hour. It could additionally cap any service charges eating places cost at 10%.
However then Councilmember Janeese Lewis George launched an modification that will kill that compromise, and she or he was in a position to get sufficient votes eight to 4. So for now, the tipped minimal wage remains to be in impact, however the council takes the second vote on the price range July 28, and they’ll doubtless take one other shot at tipped min wage.
Initiative 83
On Initiative 83, Bowser didn’t embrace cash to fund implementation. However on the final minute Monday, the council discovered the cash for the ranked selection voting portion of the initiative however not the open primaries — so voters might have ranked selection voting in D.C. in time for subsequent yr’s primaries.
Commanders stadium deal
The excellent news for many who help the stadium is that every one the cash wanted for the undertaking, the $500 million for the infrastructure, the cash for the parking garages and different elements, is within the price range.
Mendelson introduced Sunday the council plans to make modifications to the best way the half a billion {dollars} is financed. The mayor wished to truly borrow extra money than wanted and put the additional cash towards different budgets in 2028 and 2029. Mendelson stated over the course of a 30-year mortgage, that will price taxpayers a whole bunch of hundreds of thousands of {dollars}. He’s going to induce his colleagues to ban that, however it should not influence the stadium deal.
