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Clerk 01/31/2019
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AN ORDINANCE relating to living wage requirements; and amending Ordinance 17909, Section 4, and K.C.C. 3.18.010 and Ordinance 17909, Section 6, and K.C.C. 3.18.030.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 17909, Section 4, and K.C.C. 3.18.010 are hereby amended to read as follows:
A. "Actuarial value" means the percentage of total average costs for covered benefits that a health benefits package will cover.
B. "Bonuses" means non-discretionary payments in addition to hourly, salary, commission or piece-rate payments paid under an agreement between an employer and employee.
C. "Commissions" means a sum of money paid to an employee upon completion of a task, usually selling a certain amount of goods or services.
D. "Compensation" means wages together with the money paid by an employer towards an individual employee's health benefits plan.
E. "Contract" means a mutually binding legal relationship or any modification thereof obligating the county to pay a contractor one hundred thousand dollars or more to provide professional services, technical services or services, as defined in K.C.C 2.93.030 to, or at the direction of, the county. "Contract" does not include: a contract between a contract-awarding authority and another government or public entity; a contract that the county enters into as the administrator of grants received from a third party; a contract for public works; an architectural or engineering contract; or a collective bargaining agreement.
F. "Contract-awarding authority" means the county officer, department, commission, employee or board authorized to enter into or to administer contracts on behalf of the county.
G. "Contractor" means any person that enters into a contract with the county, or negotiates the extension of an existing contract with the county, after the effective date of this ordinance, or that is a subcontractor performing services under such a contrac...

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