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Niwot and small-business speakers urge county to ‘pause and catch up’ on local minimum-wage increase
Summary
Community members, including Niwot business leaders and nonprofit representatives, told Boulder County commissioners they support pausing the county’s local minimum-wage increase until neighboring jurisdictions align, and said some increase is preferable to no change. Commissioners confirmed a public hearing on Oct. 14.
Representatives of Niwot businesses, nonprofits and other local residents urged the Boulder County Board of County Commissioners on Oct. 2 to pause the county’s local minimum-wage increase until neighboring municipalities adopt comparable wages, a strategy speakers described as “pause and catch up.”
Nicholas Little, identified himself as a representative of the Niwot Coalition, told commissioners his working group supports the option described at a prior staff meeting as “pause and catch up,” in which the county would pause planned increases until nearby jurisdictions move to the same level. “We are very much part…
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