The doable vote on the ordinance can be on the council’s April 11 assembly.
MINNEAPOLIS — At the very least one Minneapolis Metropolis Councilor would possibly rethink the controversial vote that prompted Uber and Lyft to announce their intent to go away city.
On Wednesday morning, Council Member Andrea Jenkins “formally seen her intent to rethink the ordinance.” In accordance with the newly revealed agenda, a doable vote on the standing of the ordinance may happen on the council’s April 11 assembly. For his half, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey additionally launched an announcement Wednesday urging the council to rethink the ordinance.
“Good coverage is balanced coverage,” Frey mentioned in a written assertion. “Up to now, the Council has been unwilling to have interaction all related events in growing the ordinance they pushed by. However there was and nonetheless is room for compromise to make sure drivers who depend on rideshare providers for a paycheck get a increase and riders who depend on the service can proceed getting round our metropolis.”
In his assertion, Frey thanked each Jenkins and council member Linea Palmisano for being prepared to carry the brand new rideshare ordinance “again to the desk.”
Earlier this month, Uber and Lyft introduced that their corporations would go away Minneapolis on Might 1. The transfer got here after the Metropolis Council overrode Frey’s veto of the measure that units new pay minimums for rideshare drivers in Minneapolis.
Supporters of the measure say it is going to shut a loophole within the metropolis’s current minimal wage coverage, permitting drivers for corporations like Uber and Lyft to be eligible for $1.40 per mile and $0.51 per minute, equal to the town’s $15.57 minimal wage.
Mayor Frey mentioned he would help a fee of pay improve for drivers, however one that’s extra in keeping with findings from a lately launched statewide examine.
The Minnesota Division of Labor and Business launched the report on March 8 analyzing rider pay and protections. The examine steered driver pay charges needs to be inside 89 cents to $1.207 per mile to fulfill minimal wage within the Twin Cities (as in comparison with the brand new ordinance’s fee of $1.40 per mile).
On the State Capitol on Monday, Governor Walz and lawmakers voiced their issues over the rideshare corporations’ threats to go away Minneapolis. Home Republicans launched a invoice that might block native rideshare laws and Governor Walz made word of the potential affect on individuals who depend on transportation providers reminiscent of the incapacity neighborhood.
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