The Budget Conference Committee of the House and Senate released the Budget Conference Report on 3/9/2020. Pursuant to Item 477 #5c the conference committee is recommending a one-time 2% bonus effective December 1, 2020 and a 3% salary increase effective July 1, 2021 for all Constitutional officers and their full-time state sponsored employees. These items are contingent on the Commonwealth attaining current revenues as indicated in “U.1” below
Central Appropriations
U.1. The Governor is hereby authorized to allocate a sum of up to $118,087,286 the first year and up to $146,766,525 the second year from this appropriation, to the extent necessary to offset any downward revisions of the general fund revenue estimate prepared for fiscal years 2021 and 2022, after the enactment by the General Assembly of the 2020 Appropriation Act. If within five days of the preliminary close of the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2020, the Comptroller’s analysis does not determine that a revenue re-forecast is required pursuant to § 2.2-1503.3, Code of Virginia, then such appropriation shall be used only for employee compensation purposes as stated in paragraphs V. ,W., X., Y., Z., AA. and BB. below.
- Contingent on the provisions of paragraph U.1, out of amounts appropriated for Employee Compensation in this item, $20,725,124 from the general fund the first year is provided for a one-time bonus, equal to two percent of their base salary on December 1, 2020provided that the governing authority of such employees use such funds to support the provision of a bonusfor the following listed employees:
- Locally-elected constitutional officers;
- General Registrars and members of local electoral boards;
- Full-time employees of locally-elected constitutional officers…,
Y.1. Contingent on the provisions of paragraph U.1. above, the appropriations in this item include funds to increase the base salary of the following employees by three percent on July 1, 2021, provided that the governing authority of such employees use such funds to support salary increases for the following listed employees.
- Locally-elected constitutional officers;
- General Registrars and members of local electoral boards;
- Full-time employees of locally-elected constitutional officers…,
All GA members now have forty-eight hours to review the conference report before acting on it. The GA will reconvene on Thursday, March 12 for final budget consideration.
Although this is not exactly what we had hoped for, please take a moment to thank the following members of the House & Senate for their thoughtful budget deliberations:
House Budget Conferees
- Luke E. Torian (D-Prince William)
- Mark D. Sickles(D-Arlington)
- Betsy B. Carr(D-Richmond)
- David L. Bulova(D- Fairfax)
- Roslyn C. Tyler(D-Sussex)
- Kirkland Cox(R-Colonial Heights)
- Barry D. Knight(R-Virginia Beach)
Senate Budget Conferees