The Novosibirsk City Hall introduced a one-time payment to its employees if they voluntarily go to fight against Ukraine. The corresponding decree was signed by Mayor Maxim Kudryavtsev, noted the Telegram channel «Sibirmedia». At the same time, the official previously complained about the staff shortage in the city administration.
According to the decree, the provision on incentives for city hall employees now includes a one-time payment of 100 thousand rubles upon signing a contract with the Ministry of Defense for the purpose of participating in the «special military operation in the territories of Ukraine, the Donetsk People's Republic, the Luhansk People's Republic, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions».
Meanwhile, just two weeks ago in an interview with «Kommersant-Siberia», Kudryavtsev complained about the staff shortage in the city hall. «The staffing issue is now number one. Of all the tasks facing the city hall, I would highlight it. We have a staff shortage in the city hall itself, in the construction department, in the transport department, in the economic block, in the financial block, in the IT block», the mayor stated.
As of October 1, the government of the Novosibirsk region increased the one-time payment for signing a contract with the Ministry of Defense to 600 thousand rubles. Together with the federal part of 400 thousand rubles, contractors will receive 1 million rubles, and city administration employees will receive 1.1 million rubles.