Virginia Commissioners of the Revenue Association 2017 Legislative Agenda
Virginia’s elected Commissioners of the Revenue are making every effort to better serve the Commonwealth and its citizens by providing efficient and innovative revenue administration at both the state and local levels.
In brief, we are committed to providing services to the citizens in each of our localities while simultaneously enhancing state and local revenues at little to no cost.
We are seeking your consideration and support for the following budget priorities:
Item #1 – Commissioners of the Revenue Career Development
Provide (FY18) career development program (CDP) funding for 12 principal officers and 106 deputies who have qualified for the program but remain unfunded, some as long as seven years.
FY18
Approximate cost: $223,906
Item #2 – 3% Salary Increase for Commissioners of Revenue eff. July 2018
Provide (FY18) a 3% salary increase for commissioners of the revenue and state supported deputies of commissioners of the revenue:
FY18
Commissioners of Revenue: $493,793
The following illustrates the cost of providing a 3% salary increase to the four other constitutional officer groups, included are Directors of Finance:
FY18
Circuit Court Clerks $1,275,634
Commonwealth’s Attorneys $1,937,658
Sheriffs/Regional Jails $12,449,338
Treasurers $466,304
Finance Directors $151,740
Notes:
All Base Salary amounts used to calculate salary increase costs were based on State Compensation Board approved reimbursable salaries effective July 2016 with the exception of the elected Commissioner, elected Treasurer, and appointed Finance Director. In order to maintain the local-responsible portion of elected Treasurers, elected Commissioners, and appointed Finance Directors at 50% of their 1980 local salary, any state-funded salary increases are based on 100% of the cost to increase to their budgeted salaries plus benefits. Similarly, state approved employees of these offices are funded 50% by the state and 50% by the locality.
Sheriffs and Regional Jails – Staff Base Salary include annual salaries of new jail positions for jail construction projects in Central Virginia and Pamunkey Regional Jails, both of which are scheduled and funded to open in FY17. Positions required to staff the Chesapeake City Jail expansion project that is scheduled to be completed in FY18 are not included as funding has not been approved by the General Assembly at this time.
Salary base excludes $1,000 city/county combined office salary supplements for 10 Sheriffs and 13 Commonwealth’s Attorneys which are not part of their base salary for increases.
Circuit Court Clerks benefits are paid at 2/3rds of the approved benefits rates. The salaries of the Newport News, Richmond and Roanoke Clerks and their staff are excluded as these offices do not receive state support.