How much supplemental pay in total is being disbursed to employees?

The total cost of the recommendation is $7.0 million, with $4.14 million in funding provided by the state covering 3,718 employees from staffing categories identified within the QBE formula. The remaining cost to extend the supplement is $2.86 million and will be satisfied through use of general funds, and would  cover more than 3,000 employees and critically embedded contracted staff.