The city plans to pay bonuses to employees using some of its federal pandemic relief funds, paying up to $1,000 to frontline workers whose public-facing jobs put them at higher risk for exposure to the coronavirus.
Most permanent full-time city employees will receive one-time $500 bonuses while permanent part-timers will receive $250.
But, employees who work non-clerical jobs in public safety, dispatch, custodial or rubbish collection will be eligible for an additional $500 if they are full-time or an additional $250 if they are part-time, totaling $1,000 or $500, respectively.
“Those employees were all more exposed on a long-term basis, in particular during the first couple months of COVID, when City Center and other offices were shut down,” City Manager Susan Robertson said of why city workers involved in police, fire, dispatching custodial and rubbish collection work will get larger bonuses.