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Resolution No. 2022-52 | One-Time Employee Retention Incentive Payment | Adopted 07/05/2022RESOLUTION NO. 2022-52 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY APPROVING A ONE-TIME RETENTION INCENTIVE PAYMENT FOR CURRENT, ONGOING, FULL-TIME CITY OF GILROY EMPLOYEES USING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING AND AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 ADOPTED BUDGET WHEREAS, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 was signed into law on March 11, 2021; and WHEREAS, the ARPA, amongst various other provisions, established the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) to provide the state and local governments with resources needed to respond to the pandemic and its economic impacts; and WHEREAS, the City of Gilroy experienced a negative economic impact as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, which resulted in the implementation of a General Fund Recovery Plan and included compensation and benefit concessions from City employees; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Gilroy accepted $10.9M in funding from ARPA in May of 2021; and WHEREAS, the Department of the Treasury has established the Final Rule which outlines provisions of eligible and ineligible uses of the ARPA funds; and WHEREAS, the Final Rule allows the use of ARPA funds for employee retention incentives to restore and support government employment; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Gilroy wishes to provide a one-time Retention Incentive to all ongoing, full-time City of Gilroy employees utilizing a portion of the ARPA funds received; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Gilroy does establish salaries, benefits, and other payments for city officers and employees by resolution; and WHEREAS, the City Administrator prepared and submitted to the City Council a budget for the City of Gilroy for Fiscal Years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, and the City Council carefully examined, considered and adopted the same on June 7, 2021. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY, AS FOLLOWS: 1. All current, ongoing, full-time City of Gilroy employees shall receive a one- time Retention Incentive payment in the amount of $3,000.00 if employed for the full July, 2022 pay period of July 1, 2022 through, and including, July 31, 2022. DocuSign Envelope ID: A2478A41-DC8F-4F91-84C3-89B29E965525 Resolution No. 2022-52 One-Time Employee Retention Incentive Payment City Council Regular Meeting | July 5, 2022 Page 2 of 2 2. Authorize the City Administrator to direct the disbursement of the one-time Retention Incentive payment (taxable income) via the payroll checks to be issued on August 1, 2022. 3. That the City’s previously adopted Fiscal Year 2022-23 Budget, as the same has been amended to date, is hereby further amended. 4. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to the City’s Finance Director, who is hereby authorized and directed to take all actions necessary to implement the terms of this Resolution pertaining to the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Budget of City. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of July, 2022 by the following roll call vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ARMENDARIZ, BRACCO, HILTON, LEROE-MUÑOZ, MARQUES, TOVAR, BLANKLEY NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE APPROVED: Marie Blankley, Mayor ATTEST: _______________________ Thai Nam Pham, City Clerk DocuSign Envelope ID: A2478A41-DC8F-4F91-84C3-89B29E965525 CERTIFICATE OF THE CLERK I, THAI NAM PHAM, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do hereby certify that the attached Resolution No. 2022-52 is an original resolution, or true and correct copy of a city Resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a Regular Meeting of said held on Council held Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at which meeting a quorum was present. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Official Seal of the City of Gilroy this Tuesday, July 5, 2022. ____________________________________ Thai Nam Pham, CMC, CPMC City Clerk of the City of Gilroy (Seal) DocuSign Envelope ID: A2478A41-DC8F-4F91-84C3-89B29E965525