(a) "City financial assistance recipient" means any entity that receives financial assistance in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) from the City.
(b) Financial assistance includes, but is not limited to, bond financing, tax increment financing, tax abatement assistance of any kind; and other funds, that are not governed by any federal or state regulations and are not excluded in this subsection and where the application of this section is consistent with laws authorizing the City to expend such other funds. Financial assistance is also understood to include any in-kind assistance that the recipient would otherwise have to pay. Loans shall not be considered assistance except to the extent they are forgiven or discounted below the available market rate over the life of the loan.
(c) "Contractor" means any entity that enters into a contract with the City to provide goods or services to the City in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or any entity that enters into multiple City contracts in a calendar year that exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in total.
(d) "Employee" means any individual who may be required or directed by any employer, in consideration of direct or indirect financial gain or profit, to engage in any employment.
(e) "Employer" means any entity who is a City financial assistance recipient who employs at least fifty (50) employees on the payroll within the last quarter prior to the effective date of the financial assistance; or any contractor or subcontractor who employs at least twenty-five (25) employees on the payroll within the last quarter prior to the effective date of the contract.
(f) "Intern" is a college or university, full-time student enrolled in a two or four year degree program and who works on special projects in connection with his or her field of study; hours worked do not exceed 1,500 hours per calendar year and termination of the internship occurs no later than three (3) months after graduation from the college or university.
(g) "Person" means any individual, proprietorship, partner-ship, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, trust, association, or other entity that may employ individuals or enter into contracts.
(h) "Seasonal" is a person who works a certain regular season or period of the calendar year, for a maximum of one hundred thousand two hundred eighty (1,280) hours performing same work or activity limited to that season, or an individual who works as a school crossing guard.
(i) "Subcontractor" means any person not an employee that enters into a contract with (1) a contractor to assist the contractor in performing the contract or (2) a City financial assistance recipient to assist the recipient in performing the work for which the assistance was given.
(j) "Volunteer" means a person who renders aid, performs a service, or assumes an obligation without compensation.
(Ord. 882-03. Passed 12-23-03.)