City and County of Denver - File #: 21-1056

• File #: 21-1056
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/7/2021
• In control: Finance & Governance Committee
• On agenda: 10/25/2021
• Final action: 10/25/2021
• Title: A bill for an ordinance making a rescission from and an appropriation in the General Fund. Rescinds $5,000,000 from General Fund Contingency to make an appropriation in the Department of Finance to provide a one-time bonus payment to City employees who complied with the COVID-19 vaccination mandate, per the Public Health Order. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 10-5-21.
• Indexes: Zach Rothmier

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/29/2021	1	Mayor	signed
10/25/2021	1	Council President	signed
10/25/2021	1	City Council	placed upon final consideration and do pass	Pass
10/18/2021	1	City Council	ordered published
10/5/2021	1	Finance & Governance Committee	approved for filing	Pass
9/14/2021	1	Finance & Governance Committee	postponed to a date certain	Pass

Finance Item/Grant Request Template

Date Submitted: 9-7-21

Requesting Agency: Finance
Division:

Subject Matter Expert Name:

Name: Rachel Bardin
Email: Rachel.Bardin@denvergov.org

Item Title & Description:
(Do not delete the following instructions)
These appear on the Council meeting agenda. Initially, the requesting agency will enter a 2-3 sentence description. Upon bill filling, the City Attorney's Office should enter the title above the description (the title should be in bold font).

Both the title and description must be entered between the red "title" and "body" below. Do not at any time delete the red "title" or "body" markers from this template.
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A bill for an ordinance making a rescission from and an appropriation in the General Fund.
Rescinds $5,000,000 from General Fund Contingency to make an appropriation in the Department of Finance to provide a one-time bonus payment to City employees who complied with the COVID-19 vaccination mandate, per the Public Health Order. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 10-5-21.
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Affected Council District(s) or citywide? Citywide

Executive Summary with Rationale and Impact:
Detailed description of the item and why we are doing it. This can be a separate attachment.
This bill request authorizes a $5,000,000 supplemental appropriation in the Department of Finance to make payments to active City employees as of August 2, 2021 who complied with the terms of the COVID-19 vaccination mandate by Sept. 30, 2021. On August 2, 2021, the City and County of Denver implemented a new Public Health Order (PHO) requiring all city employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by September 30, 2021 or face progressive disciplinary action. The intent is to reduce the spread of COVID-19 ahead of fall and winter months when respiratory illnesses ...