Bill: Draft Oakridge Bonuses Act

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A
BILL
To

Allow the town offices to grant performance bonuses to their employees​

The citizens of Oakridge, through their elected Representatives in the Town-Council and the force of law ordained to that Town-Council by the people through the constitution of Oakridge, do hereby enact the following provisions into the by-laws:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the 'Oakridge Bonuses Act.'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by: Councillor asdertplays
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by: Councillor Rhein_FM

2 - Reasons
(1) Certain offices in the town face issues with inactivity within their offices
(2) We have a large surplus at the moment, and can afford to reward the workers of our town
(3) Money is a powerful motivator

3 - Definitions
"Council Term" or "Term" shall refer to the 2 month term between regular council elections.
"Executive Offices" or "Offices" refers to the Offices defined in Article 3 of the Oakridge Constitution
"Head of the office" or "Head" refers to the leadership of each respective office defined in the individual sections of Article 3 of the Oakridge Constitution

4 - Bonuses
(1) Each executive office shall be granted a budget of R$15,000 per council term with which to give out bonuses to its employees for their performance in their duties in the office
(a) No office can grant more than R$5,000 to any individual per term
(b) These bonuses shall be distributed by the heads of the respective office
(c) No individual may grant themself a bonus from this budget for any reason
(d) An office may be granted additional budget for bonuses, or have the individual restriction waved, by a majority vote by the Oakridge Council and approval from the Mayor of Oakridge