AGENDA DATE: 12/1/2021
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Public Hearing on an Ordinance to Approve County Police and Fire Rescue Sworn and Uniformed Employee Bonuses
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Public hearing to consider the adoption of an ordinance approving County Police and Fire Rescue sworn and uniformed employee bonuses.
ITEM TYPE: Regular Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Walker, Kamptner, Birch, Allshouse, Davidson, Coltrane
PRESENTER (S): N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: During the 2021 General Assembly Special Session II, the General Assembly allocated the Commonwealth's Fiscal Year 2022 (FY 22) distribution of federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. This funding provided one-time $3,000 bonus payments to Compensation Board-funded sworn positions in Sheriff's offices, which included Sheriffs and Sheriffs' Deputies in FY 22. The impact to Albemarle County is that it included funding for bonuses for only 11 of the 26 sworn personnel, which are Compensation Board-funded positions. In order to receive the State's ARPA funding for the Sheriffs bonuses, the bonuses are required to be paid out on or before November 30, 2021.
The State also allocated $98,171 in funding to the Albemarle County Police Department in January 2021. These additional funds are to be used to promote the recruitment and retention of the most qualified local police department sworn personnel and to support the costs associated with criminal justice reform, which could include bonus pay for retention purposes and sign-on bonuses for recruitment purposes.
On May 11, 2021, the United States Treasury provided an allocation of $21.2 million in federal ARPA State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) monies to the County of Albemarle to be deposited in two tranches. On August 4, 2021, the Board approved the spending plan for the County's ARPA allocation to include: $4 million for FY 22 Economic Vitality (Human Services and Economic...
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