City Could Offer Payments For Covid Shots (UPDATED)

Fairhope, Alabama 

UPDATE: The city council approved both the vaccine incentives and the general bonuses during its Monday, August 9 meeting.



 

EMPLOYEE VACCINE INCENTIVE PROGRAM

As the pandemic worsens locally due to the new ‘delta’ strain, city leaders are considering “containing and mitigating the spread” by offering a $500 bonus to full-time municipal employees who get covid-19 vaccinations before September 10, using federal American Rescue Plan grant money.

Part-time employees would receive $250 and seasonal $125.

An additional $500 bonus to all essential workers employed since the pandemic emergency began on March 1, 2020 is also under consideration, during Monday’s council meeting.

In 2020 there were 370 full-time employees, according to financial auditors.

 

Comments

Anonymous said…
save some to give to citizens too.
Anon said…
The so called vaccine does not protect from infection or transmission, it is only a therapeutic that may lessen symptoms, and has known adverse side effects
Anonymous said…
Very sad that it takes a monetary incentive for people to do the right thing for their community.
There are far easier solutions - make it a condition of employment. If you don't comply, you are immediately terminated.
Anonymous said…
The city already misappropriates enough funds as it is.
oldeman said…
I have already got the shot but I will get another for that kind of money!
Anonymous said…
Just make getting vaccinated mandatory for city employees , That is what the airlines are doing . Why reward stupid ?
Anonymous said…
Paying people to get COVID shots is ridiculous, and an insult to folks smart enough to make decisions without influence. This constant government nose-blowing is ruining our country.
Anonymous said…
Agree with the above comment; if you work for the City, the only responsible action is for City leaders to require employees to get the vaccine. If they refuse, they will either be fired, or put on Leave without Pay until they get vaccinated, or the virus is under control. And City leaders should be upfront and vocal with urging residents to get vaccinated also.
Anonymous said…
Are they leading from the front. Has the Mayor & all city council been fully vaccinated ? If they want to slow down the virus stop the spreader events



Back Off said…
"Very sad that it takes a monetary incentive for people to do the right thing for their community.
There are far easier solutions - make it a condition of employment. If you don't comply, you are immediately terminated."

Very sad that people assume that their naiveté and credulity when listing to the politicians and institutions that have been lying to us for nearly two years give them the moral authority to declare what the "right thing" is for everyone and then shove it forcibly down his throat.

If your full-proof vaccines and masks work, God bless you. Employ either one or both (whatever the CDC guidance says this half hour?), and your safety is guaranteed, right? Since your wise and noble decisions have made you bulletproof, your benighted, unwashed public servants cannot harm you.

One more thought: revisit Martin Niemöller's warning, because when they come for YOU, there will be no one left to speak for you.
Anonymous said…
It is not a bad idea but 500 seems way to much. Why not 100 instead?
Anonymous said…
It is a trick folks. Bill Gates and friends are inserting microchips in your blood to track you.
Publisher said…
Mayor Sullivan,councilman Burrell, Boone, and Martin have already said they have been vaccinated. We assume Conyers and Robinson have too, but have not heard them say specifically yet.

Burrell, Boone, and Martin have actually had the earlier variety of the virus themselves, as well.
Anonymous said…
Can we also assume that the Publisher Owner Moderator has been full vaccinated .
Anonymous said…
All non vaccinated city employees should not have their health insurance paid for ..
Anonymous said…
I am I wrong but did’t Burrell, Boone, and Martin vote against having a mask mandate & then all three have the earlier variety of the virus . Is masking now required at Council meetings ?
Publisher said…
The publisher received the J and J vaccination in May with no issues/side effects.

As we recall it, the earlier mask mandate (expired early July) was imposed by the state health officer/governor, not locally. Currently, masks are only recommended at all city facilities, not required, according to the mayor.

Individual, private business owners may impose their own restrictions, as some around town are doing.
Anonymous said…
City council failed to pass a mask ordinance . The state health officer/governor mask mandate was never enforced in Fairhope . Even the Sheriff said he would not enforce it . It is reported he now has the virus . When the state mandate expired, & the spreader holidays passed, with the delta variant Fairhope became a hotbed of spread .Now we talk a bonus for folks doing the right thing, which they should have done long ago. Time for the stick & not a carrot for city employees.
Anonymous said…
This one ought to be a no-brainer. No coercion involved and more $ for workers: a win, win.
Anonymous said…
"City council failed to pass a mask ordinance . The state health officer/governor mask mandate was never enforced in Fairhope . Even the Sheriff said he would not enforce it . It is reported he now has the virus."

Any non-N95 mask is substantially useless.

Yes the Baldwin County sheriff recently got infected with covid. He was vaccinated in January, so the vaccine was not effective in preventing infection. Recently, an outbreak occurred in Massachusetts and in Israel, where the majority of those infected were previously vaccinated. This is happening worldwide. If you think the so called vaccine makes you bullet proof, you are quite mistaken.
Anonymous said…
How many of the 370 employees had been vaccinated before the vaccine incentives ? Maybe they should get something for being normal
people .
Publisher said…
The employees already vaccinated will get the incentive bonus too, retroactive.
Anonymous said…
So the employees that did the right thing and got their COVID vaccinations already won't get anything. Yet, those that for whatever reason didn't get their vaccinations and only decided to do so because enticement will profit.

What should happen is award those that already got vaccinated a larger monetary amount, and those that procrastinated for political or other reasons get a smaller award.
Anonymous said…
The news reported that it could cost the City as much as $600,000. Each employee could receive as much as $1,000 ea. The Federal COVID money is being used. Seems like that money could have been used to support small businesses ready to go under due to virus.
Anonymous said…
"Maybe they should get something for being normal people."

"Normal" Germans acquiesced to genocide. Don't be in a hurry to pat yourselves on the back just yet.
Anonymous said…
I agree with the previous commenter. The City can put unvaccinated employees on unpaid leave of absence. Sadly, the unvaccinated hoards are putting our restaurants and other small establishments into treacherous financial territory. Don't reward ignorance with taxpayer cash. I'd prefer to see a City employee resign and be replaced with one with a 'compassion for the community'.....then donate the $500 to The Haven. We truly do need to rethink our representatives if they continue down this path.
Anonymous said…
Can’t manage the run away growth,. Can’t manage the city employees. . Can’t manage a virus with a mask ordnance . How about managing
not to hire unvaccinated employees ..Managing fees & permits to slow the run away growth & traffic.
Anonymous said…
"then donate the $500 to The Haven"

The Haven already receives an annual stipend from the city and has for over 20 years which has added up to a ridiculous amount of money for a very small organization that is less than transparent about what they do and how they spend their money.
T said…
"Don't reward ignorance with taxpayer cash. I'd prefer to see a City employee resign and be replaced with one with a 'compassion for the community"

Don't confuse your credulity and enlightenment, your superciliousness with compassion.
Anonymous said…
North Carolina is giving $100 to citizens to get the shot. Other states have cash prizes too, vaccine lotteries.
Anonymous said…
Certainly no lawyers on this blog as most every comment is full of emotional distortion and none would stand up in a court of law.
Love the Constitution!
Anonymous said…
The Haven has already been vaccinated . Compare the money given to Haven to what has been spent on the airport . Maybe pigs can fly
Anonymous said…
We do not need any more lawyers in Fairhope, thank you!
Deceiver said…
Yes, my Children of Darkness. Lawyers agains non-lawyers. Vaccinated against unvaccinated. Black against White. Left against Right.

Fight. Hate.

Invite me into your world. My time is come.
Anonymous said…
What does the city plan to do with the employees that don’t get vaccinated even after they have been offered a $500 bonus for doing so ? I would suggest a 25%pay cut & deep swab testing .
Anonymous said…
Common sense says the City should reward those employees who have already received the Covid Vaccine with a $500.00 bonus as well. Don't exclude them.
Rethink your plan and give vaccinated employees the bonus as well.
Publisher said…
Any employee who gets vaccinated will get the bonus. Including those already vaccinated earlier this year.
Anonymous said…
Well to be perfectly honest, in my humble opinion, without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also looking into this matter in a different perspective and without being condemning of one's view's and by trying to make it objectified, and by considering each and everyone's opinion, I honestly believe that I completely forgot what I was going to say.
Anonymous said…
The City should require all utility customers to show their vaccination card before any service can be done. Need to show your hepatitis, flu,covid, chickenpox,shingles vaccinations. Fairhope deals with trash, and sewage thats shows in studies that it can be passed on.
Anonymous said…
"The City should require all utility customers to show their vaccination card before any service can be done. Need to show your hepatitis, flu,covid, chickenpox,shingles vaccinations. Fairhope deals with trash, and sewage thats shows in studies that it can be passed on."

Yes! And we should look in your refrigerator and liquor cabinet and bedroom to ensure that your personal choices and habits of health are beyond reproach before life-sustaining services are delivered to your home.

Also, the government should put cameras and microphones in every home, as an additional condition for receiving public services, utilities, and medical care of any kind. That way, we can monitor for thought crimes and purge heretics from our community.
Anonymous said…
A City employees safety is just as important than a customer. If you cant prove you are safe then why should an a employee have to risk catching something from you, certainly if it is the customers issue. Which is usually the case.