RICHMOND, Va. — The Richmond City Council has approved $3,000 and $1,500 bonuses for city employees. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that full-time and part-time employees will receive the bonuses on Friday.
Richmond police officers and firefighters received similar bonuses last month and aren’t eligible for extra pay this time.
The city is allocating $8.9 million from better-than-expected real estate tax revenue during the first quarter of the fiscal year.
City Council President Cynthia Newbille calls the bonuses “well-earned and well-deserved.”
City employees received a 3.25% base raise in the city’s adopted budget for the 2021-2022 fiscal year.
