Mayor Danny Avula releases details on severance agreements since 2017
Pledges to continue to release severance details on an annual basis.
Statement from Mayor Danny Avula:
In July of 2017, City Council passed ORD. 2017-071, which delineated terms of severance in the City's Pay Ordinance, including the requirement that severance only be paid pursuant to a separation agreement. Below you will find the list of severance payments from 2017.
When a City employee signs a separation agreement under the current policy, both the employee and the City of Richmond agree not to disclose the existence of the agreement. In the spirit of the promises made to these employees, I've decided not to release their names.
In the future, we commit to releasing severances provided by the City on an annual basis.
Severance List 2017 - To Date
| Department | Years of Service at time of severence |
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Grand Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City Assessor | 11.3 | $3,965 | $3,965 | ||||||||
| 2 | Department of Emergency Communications | 5.5 | $11,298 | $11,298 | ||||||||
| 3 | City Council | 4.0 | $15,904 | $15,904 | ||||||||
| 4 | CAO's Office | 2.1 | $20,034 | $20,034 | ||||||||
| 5 | City Council | 6.5 | $29,580 | $29,580 | ||||||||
| 6 | City Auditor | 8.7 | $31,212 | $31,212 | ||||||||
| 7 | City Council | 10.0 | $31,881 | $31,881 | ||||||||
| 8 | Mayor's Office | 4.0 | $34,956 | $34,956 | ||||||||
| 9 | Procurement | 3.3 | $35,381 | $35,381 | ||||||||
| 10 | Fire & Emergency Services | 34.7 | $35,777 | $35,777 | ||||||||
| 11 | Human Resources | 3.2 | $37,638 | $37,638 | ||||||||
| 12 | Human Services | 2.7 | $43,027 | $43,027 | ||||||||
| 13 | Mayor's Office | 8.0 | $49,061 | $49,061 | ||||||||
| 14 | Press Secretary | 8.0 | $63,225 | $63,225 | ||||||||
| 15 | City Auditor | 11.3 | $83,505 | $83,505 | ||||||||
| 16 | Social Services | 6.5 | $10,627 | $10,627 | ||||||||
| 17 | Social Services | 13.8 | $18,703 | $18,703 | ||||||||
| 18 | Social Services | 14.7 | $30,408 | $30,408 | ||||||||
| 19 | City Auditor | 3.7 | $4,622 | $4,622 | ||||||||
| 20 | City Attorney | 8.7 | $13,957 | $9,305 | $23,262 | |||||||
| 21 | Police Department | 25.4 | $79,149 | $6,329 | $85,478 | |||||||
| 22 | Housing & Community Development | 19.2 | $99,154 | $99,154 | ||||||||
| 23 | City Council | 5.7 | $9,776 | $9,776 | ||||||||
| 24 | City Council | 13.9 | $24,814 | $24,814 | ||||||||
| 25 | Planning & Development Review | 10.1 | $30,614 | $30,614 | ||||||||
| 26 | Police Department | 36.6 | $41,577 | $41,577 | ||||||||
| 27 | Police Department | 30.6 | $44,165 | $7,000 | $51,165 | |||||||
| 28 | City Attorney | 3.5 | $4,539 | $4,539 | ||||||||
| 29 | Human Resources | 1.7 | $5,088 | $5,088 | ||||||||
| 30 | Human Resources | 2.4 | $5,254 | $5,254 | ||||||||
| 31 | Human Resources | 1.9 | $5,462 | $5,462 | ||||||||
| 32 | Human Resources | 2.2 | $5,654 | $5,654 | ||||||||
| 33 | Police Department | 2.5 | $15,428 | $15,428 | ||||||||
| 34 | Human Resources | 10.3 | $23,414 | $23,414 | ||||||||
| 35 | City Attorney | 24.9 | $176,927 | $176,927 | ||||||||
| 36 | Fire & Emergency Services | 7.5 | $38,989 | $38,989 | ||||||||
| 37 | Council Chief of Staff | 0.7 | $5,800 | $5,800 | ||||||||
| 38 | Fire & Emergency Services | 3.9 | $11,147 | $11,147 | ||||||||
| 39 | Human Resources | 1.1 | $11,518 | $11,518 | ||||||||
| 40 | Office of Strategic Communication & Civic Eng | 2.5 | $14,495 | $14,495 | ||||||||
| 41 | Council Chief of Staff | 1.7 | $15,090 | $15,090 | ||||||||
| 42 | City Council | 4.0 | $9,000 | $9,000 | ||||||||
| $526,444 | $0 | $59,738 | $196,882 | $166,580 | $7,000 | $241,767 | $97,039 | $9,000 | $1,304,450 |
