The following definitions shall apply throughout this chapter:
CITY
The City of Camden and all City agencies, departments, and
offices.
CONTRACTOR
Any person or entity that enters into a service contract
with the City.
EMPLOYEE
Any person employed by the City, by a contractor or a subcontractor
to a City contractor; or by a recipient of financial assistance. "Employee"
includes part-time, temporary, and seasonal workers. "Employee" does
not include summer youth program hirees, or seniors employed under
special employment programs.
EMPLOYER
Any person or entity, which is a contractor, subcontractor,
or recipient of financial assistance.
ENTITY
A proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation,
limited liability company, trust, association, receiver, trustee,
or other entity recognized by law that may employ individuals or enter
into contracts with the City.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Assistance provided by the City through use of public funds,
including federal and state funds administered by the City, and includes
but is not limited to economic development grants and subsidies, tax
abatements, forgivable or below-market interest loans, reduction or
deferral of any tax or any fee, guarantee of payment under a loan,
lease, or other obligation, lease or sale of public land at below-market
value, tax increment financing, improvements to land paid for or done
by public entity, industrial development bonds, CDBG, HOME and ESG
loans and grants, Enterprise Zone grants and benefits, and investment
fund loans. It does not include technical assistance by City staff.
POVERTY LEVEL
An annual income equal to the United States Department of
Health and Human Services most recently published poverty guideline
for a family of four.
RECIPIENT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Any person or entity which receives financial assistance
from the City, and includes a tenant or leaseholder who occupies property
or uses equipment or property that is improved or developed as a result
of the financial assistance even if that person or entity is not the
direct recipient of the financial assistance. It does not include
intermediaries which only serve to pass through the financial assistance
to other parties.
SERVICE CONTRACT
A contract entered into by the City for furnishing of services
or labor to or for the City not subject to a prevailing wage requirement.
It does not include contracts for the purchase or lease of goods,
products, equipment, supplies or other property or contracts where
services are incidental to the delivery of products, equipment, or
commodities.
SUBCONTRACTOR
Any person or entity who enters into a contract with a contractor
to assist the contractor in performing a service contract.
SUMMER YOUTH HIREES
Persons less than 18 years of age who are students and who
are employed as trainees for summer or after-school programs for a
period no longer than 90 days.
A service contractor or subcontractor shall be required to comply
with the provisions of this chapter for the term of the contract.
Recipients of financial assistance shall be required to comply with
the requirements of this chapter for the period of the assistance,
or if there is no defined term, for a period of 15 years.
Employers are prohibited from discharging, reducing the wages
or otherwise taking any retaliatory action or discriminatory action
against any employee for making a complaint to the City or otherwise
asserting his or her rights under this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to service contracts
awarded and financial assistance provided after the effective date
of this chapter. It shall also apply to a contract amendment and to
any renewals of financial assistance to current recipients of assistance,
made after the effective date of this chapter, if the amount of the
contract amendment or financial assistance exceeds the threshold amount
of $10,000. The chapter requirements shall not apply to ongoing financial
assistance agreements such as tax abatements until their current term
has expired and they are being renegotiated or renewed.