Orleans Parish

Shall the Home Rule Charter of the City of New Orleans be amended, effective ninety (90) days after approval of this proposition by a majority of voters voting on this proposition, by adding a new Chapter to establish a minimum wage for individuals employed and performing work in the City of New Orleans for or on behalf of an employer? Under this proposal, the New Orleans minimum wage would be six dollars and fifteen cents ($6.15) per hour or one dollar ($1.00) above the federal minimum wage, whichever is greater. The proposal would also permit the City Council to increase the rate in the future and would establish fines for employers that violate the law. The proposal would also provide for a "tip credit" of up to 50% of the New Orleans minimum wage for tipped employees who regularly receive more that $100 per month in tips, and would exempt from coverage certain employees who are currently exempt from coverage under the federal minimum wage law (the Fair Labor Standards Act), as well as city and state civil service employees and persons employed on public works contracts. Specifically, the proposal exempts from coverage persons who are excluded from the definition of "employee" in subsections (e) (1), (2) and (4) of Section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); or who are exempted from the minimum wage under subsections (a), (d) and (g) of Section 13 of the FLSA; or who are employed at a reduced wage in compliance with the provisions of Section 14 of the FLSA and /or pursuant to a valid permit or certificate issued under authority of Section 14 of the FLSA; or who are state or city civil service employees whose wages are regulated by a civil service commission; or who are employed on any public works project contract governed by the Louisiana Public Bid Law. The entirety of the proposed amendment is contained in Appendix "A" to Ordinance Number 20376 M.C.S.

Shall the city of New Orleans renew the levy of the Lakeview Crime Prevention Fee on each improved parcel of real property situated within the boundaries of the Lakeview Crime Prevention District (which District is comprised of the area of the parish of Orleans lying within the following perimeter: commencing at the corner of City Park Avenue and Orleans Avenue and proceeding in a westerly direction along City Park Avenue to the Pontchartrain Expressway, thence in a northerly direction to the intersection of Veterans Memorial Boulevard, thence in a westerly direction to the 17th Street Canal, thence in a northerly direction to Lake Pontchartrain, thence in an easterly direction to West End Boulevard, thence in a southerly direction to Robert E. Lee Boulevard, thence in a easterly direction to Orleans Avenue, and thence in a southerly direction to City Park Avenue and the point of beginning) as specified by Resolution R-01-700 of the City Council in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00) annually for four (4) years beginning in 2003 and ending in 2006 to be used solely and exclusively for the prevention of crime and the provision of additional security by providing for an increase in the presence of law enforcement personnel in the Lakeview Crime Prevention District as determined and managed by the Board of Commissioners of the Lakeview Crime Prevention District, which additional security and law enforcement personnel provided for by the proceeds of this fee shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided in the District by the New Orleans Police Department?

Shall the New Orleans Business and Industrial District (the "District") be authorized to levy an ad valorem tax in an amount not to exceed Twenty Two and Seventy Nine One Hundredths (22.79) mills upon all taxable real property (except property occupied in whole or in part as a residence by an owner thereof) situated within the boundaries of the District, as provided for and described in La. R.S. 33:4702 H. and La. Const. Art. 7, Sec. 23, as amended (collectively, the "Act"), for an additional ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2002 and ending with the year 2011, the proceeds of said tax to be for the sole and exclusive use and benefit of the District?