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Blaine Stum, senior policy adviser for Mendelson, said at the news conference that they’re hoping to mark up and vote on the bill before the council turns to budgeting in late March.

At Ruby’s, in Maine, Ms. Stum noted that one customer asked to have the 20-percent service fee taken off the bill, then added it back as a tip.

At Ruby’s West End in Maine, Ms. Stum is building a new patio, and hopes that with more seats she will soon be able to raise base wages to $15 an hour.

Long before the pandemic persuaded so many restaurant employees to abandon the business, Corrinna Stum chafed at the illogic of the pay.

Ms. Stum, 30, spurned pricey subscriptions for reservation and scheduling software, and instead used that money to help pay every member of her small team $12.15 per hour, Maine’s full minimum wage.