THE LAS CRUCES CITY COUNCIL MAKES A DECISION ON THE CITY'S MINIMUM WAGE … BUT APPARENTLY IT COULD CHANGE. ON MONDAY, COUNCILORS VOTED TO IMPLEMENT PHASE ONE OF THE HIGHER WAGE … BUT COULD ALSO CONSIDER LATER IF THE NEXT TWO PHASES SHOULD TAKE EFFECT. PHASE ONE … WHICH RAISES THE WAGE TO 8-40 AN HOUR ON JANUARY 1ST … WAS LEFT INTACT.
MAYOR KEN MIYAGISHIMA WANTS COUNCILORS TO REVIEW THE ORDINANCE BEFORE SUBSEQUENT PHASES RAISE THE WAGE TO 9-20 AN HOUR IN 2016 … THEN 10-10 AN HOUR IN 2017. COUNCILORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT A PROPOSAL FROM THE MAYOR THAT EXEMPTS SMALL BUSINESSES FROM A MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE APPROVED EARLIER.
