OVERVIEW OF COMPENSATION BOARD FY18 BUDGET PRIORITIES AND POLICIES New Positions, FY18 New Positions: Additional positions have been approved by the 2017 General Assembly for FY18 for staffing one jail expansion project scheduled for completion in FY18. Jail related positions for expanded capacity have been allocated in accordance with funding approved by the General Assembly for FY18 as follows: 58 new positions for staffing an expansion project for the Chesapeake City Jail with funding effective February 18, 2018. Positions and funding from the Virginia State Police’s Insurance Fraud Fund have been approved by the 2017 General Assembly for FY18 for the Compensation Board to allocate 2 Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney positions to prosecute Insurance Fraud related cases on a regional basis. A limited number of assistant commonwealth’s attorney and deputy sheriff positions available through the position reallocation policy will be reallocated in FY18. No other constitutional officer programs have funded positions available for reallocation in FY18. Permanent Salaries, FY18 FY18 Salaries: The FY18 budget provided on May 1, 2017, provides the base salary amounts approved for FY18, effective July 1, 2017. These amounts do not include individual salary increases for staff in sheriffs’ offices and regional jails to increase the base salary of each sworn officer with three or more years of continuous service in a Compensation Board funded position by an amount equal to $80 for each full year of service, up to a maximum of thirty years, and the base salary of each non-sworn staff position with three or more years of continuous service in a Compensation Board funded position by an amount equal to $65 for each full year of service, up to a maximum of thirty years. Implementation of the salary compression plan increases is effective August 1, 2017 and will require a review by Compensation Board staff and a review and certification by local sheriffs’ offices and regional jails of hire dates into Compensation Board funded positions in May, 2017; These amounts do not include across-the-board percentage-based salary increases approved by the 2017 General Assembly to be provided in the base salaries on August 1, 2017. Salary Increases during FY18: The 2017 General Assembly has approved salary increases to be effective August 1, 2017 of 2% across-the-board for all constitutional officers and their Compensation Board funded permanent staff positions. Implementation of this increase requires the governing authority to use the increased funds to support salary increases for constitutional officers
OVERVIEW OF COMPENSATION BOARD FY18 BUDGET PRIORITIES AND POLICIES New Positions, FY18 New Positions: Additional positions have been approved by the 2017 General Assembly for FY18 for staffing one jail expansion project scheduled for completion in FY18. Jail related positions for expanded capacity have been allocated in accordance with funding approved by the General Assembly for FY18 as follows: 58 new positions for staffing an expansion project for the Chesapeake City Jail with funding effective February 18, 2018. Positions and funding from the Virginia State Police’s Insurance Fraud Fund have been approved by the 2017 General Assembly for FY18 for the Compensation Board to allocate 2 Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney positions to prosecute Insurance Fraud related cases on a regional basis. A limited number of assistant commonwealth’s attorney and deputy sheriff positions available through the position reallocation policy will be reallocated in FY18. No other constitutional officer programs have funded positions available for reallocation in FY18. Permanent Salaries, FY18 FY18 Salaries: The FY18 budget provided on May 1, 2017, provides the base salary amounts approved for FY18, effective July 1, 2017. These amounts do not include individual salary increases for staff in sheriffs’ offices and regional jails to increase the base salary of each sworn officer with three or more years of continuous service in a Compensation Board funded position by an amount equal to $80 for each full year of service, up to a maximum of thirty years, and the base salary of each non-sworn staff position with three or more years of continuous service in a Compensation Board funded position by an amount equal to $65 for each full year of service, up to a maximum of thirty years. Implementation of the salary compression plan increases is effective August 1, 2017 and will require a review by Compensation Board staff and a review and certification by local sheriffs’ offices and regional jails of hire dates into Compensation Board funded positions in May, 2017; These amounts do not include across-the-board percentage-based salary increases approved by the 2017 General Assembly to be provided in the base salaries on August 1, 2017. Salary Increases during FY18: The 2017 General Assembly has approved salary increases to be effective August 1, 2017 of 2% across-the-board for all constitutional officers and their Compensation Board funded permanent staff positions. Implementation of this increase requires the governing authority to use the increased funds to support salary increases for constitutional officers
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