City and County of Denver - File #: 21-1145

• File #: 21-1145
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/27/2021
• In control: Finance & Governance Committee
• On agenda: 10/25/2021
• Final action: 10/25/2021
• Title: A bill for an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 591, Series of 2021, as amended by Ordinance No. 706, Series of 2021, to allocate spending in the American Rescue Plan Act Grant Fund to support premium pay for eligible City employees. Amends Ordinance No. 591, Series of 2021, previously amended by Ordinance No. 706, Series of 2021, to allocate $8,800,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds in the "Premium Pay" spending category to provide a premium pay benefit to eligible City employees to compensate employees required to work in higher risk occupations due to the possible COVID-19 exposure. 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

Finance Item/Grant Request Template

Date Submitted: 9-27-27

Requesting Agency: Finance
Division:

Subject Matter Expert Name:

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

Item Title & Description:
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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 amending Ordinance No. 591, Series of 2021, as amended by Ordinance No. 706, Series of 2021, to allocate spending in the American Rescue Plan Act Grant Fund to support premium pay for eligible City employees.
Amends Ordinance No. 591, Series of 2021, previously amended by Ordinance No. 706, Series of 2021, to allocate $8,800,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds in the "Premium Pay" spending category to provide a premium pay benefit to eligible City employees to compensate employees required to work in higher risk occupations due to the possible COVID-19 exposure. 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.
Between March and Dec. 2020, before the widespread availability of vaccines, career service and uniformed City and County of Denver employees routinely risked exposure to COVID-19 to ensure the delivery of critical services to residents. The American Rescue Plan Act allows for the use of funds to comp...