Purposes.
Ann Arbor City Code § 1:811
in effect1:811. - Purposes.
The purposes of this chapter are (1) to increase the quality and reliability of services procured for the city or provided to city inhabitants by contractors, vendors, and grantees by promoting higher productivity and retention of employees working on city contracts and grants; (2) to use city spending to encourage the development of jobs paying wages above the poverty level; (3) to use city spending and procurement of services to require covered employers that provide services to the city or that receive certain other forms of financial assistance from the city for providing services to city inhabitants pay their employees a "living wage," that is, a wage sufficient to meet their employees' basic subsistence needs; (4) to raise the income of low-income working people and their families employed by covered employers on city contracts or grants; (5) to permit hardship exemptions for certain non-profit employers from the provisions of this chapter; (6) to provide incentives for covered employers to provide health insurance to their employees; (7) to monitor and enforce the requirements of this chapter; and (8) for other purposes.
(Ord. No. 9-01, § 1, 3-5-01)
Source: City of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mi/ann_arbor/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIAD_CH23LIWARECOGR_1_811PUFetched: 11/8/2026