Committee Report - Leg Matters - 12-1-11 — File 192316

December 1, 2011 Legislative Matters Committee Page 1 of 2 Printed 12/2/2011 REPORT OF THE LEGISLATIVE MATTERS COMMITTEE Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Thomas F. Taylor Chair Absent William A. White Jr. Vice Chair Present Bruce M. Desmond Alderman At Large Present John M Connolly Alderman At Large Present Rebekah Gewirtz Ward Six Alderman Absent Omar Boukili Administrative Assistant Present Frank Wright Citry Solicitor Present Matt Buckley Asst. City Solicitor Present Tony Lafuente Ward Four Alderman Elect Present 191050 - That the Director of SPCD inform this Board how the city can protect our residents when developers with a history of building or other code violations seek permits for new projects.: This item will remain in committee and will be taken up at the next committee meeting, scheduled for December 15th. A request will be sent to the Executive Director of OSPCD to appear at that time to discuss this issue. RESULT: KEPT IN COMMITTEE 191563 - That the City adopt the attached Local Hiring Ordinance.: Mr. Buckley spoke about viewing the proposed ordinance as a goal, adding that it would have to be written without penalties, otherwise it could be challenged as a violation of the Privilege and Immunities Clause, possibly opening the City to liability issues and costs. He believes that further research on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is necessary. Chairman White suggested keeping the reporting requirements and submitting them as public documents. The committee discussed the possibility of creating a resolution in place of the proposed ordinance as well as the option to exclude out of state residents from the proposal. Chairman White’s motion that the proposed Local Hiring Ordinance be presented to the full Board of Aldermen for instruction as to how the committee should proceed on the item as to whether out of state residents be excluded from the local hiring ordinance, whether the

Committee Meeting December 1, 2011 Legislative Matters Committee Page 2 of 2 Printed 12/2/2011 ordinance should be drafted so that local hiring ordinance requires reporting and is goal oriented, with no penalty for failure to meet the 30% requirement or replacing the ordinance with a resolution, was approved. RESULT: KEPT IN COMMITTEE 192275 - 631 Somerville petitioners communicating their support for the proposed local hiring ordinance.: The committee reviewed the documents. RESULT: WORK COMPLETED