The 2008 Executive Budget Document
Compensation Board
Mission Statement
The Compensation Board's mission is to determine a reasonable budget for the participation of the Commonwealth toward the total cost of office operations for constitutional officers, and to assist those officers and their staff through automation, training and other means, to improve efficiencies and to enhance the level of services provided to the citizens of Virginia.
Operating Budget History
| General Fund | Nongeneral Fund | Positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Appropriation | $ 516,181,064 | $ 5,002,345 | 25.00 |
| 2006 Appropriation | $ 530,568,321 | $ 11,725,965 | 25.00 |
| 2007 Appropriation | $ 596,553,024 | $ 11,728,126 | 26.00 |
| 2008 Appropriation | $ 593,225,767 | $ 11,728,126 | 26.00 |
| General Fund | Nongeneral Fund | Positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Base Budget | $ 593,225,767 | $ 11,728,126 | 26.00 |
| 2009 Addenda | $ 64,997,439 | $ 3,258 | (4.00) |
| 2009 Total | $ 658,223,206 | $ 11,731,384 | 22.00 |
| 2010 Base Budget | $ 593,225,767 | $ 11,728,126 | 26.00 |
| 2010 Addenda | $ 80,358,339 | $ 3,258 | (4.00) |
| 2010 Total | $ 673,584,106 | $ 11,731,384 | 22.00 |
Recommended Operating Budget Addenda
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Distribute Central Appropriations amounts to agency budgetsAdjusts the agency budget to reflect amounts moved from Central Appropriations to cover the cost of items such as the continuation of 2007 and 2008 salary and health insurance premium increases, as well as changes in retirement and disability contribution rates and other centrally funded items. For each year, $42.9 million (GF) and $3,258 (NGF).
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Fund constitutional offices rate adjustmentProvides support for fiscal year 2007 Virginia Retirement System rate adjustment for constitutional offices. For each year, $7.5 million (GF).
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Annualize costs for operating new or expanded jailsProvides funding to annualize costs to operate new or expanded jails. For 2009, $870,005 (GF). For 2010, $907,561 (GF).
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Annualize costs for law enforcement officersProvides funding to annualize costs for law enforcement officer positions authorized for fiscal year 2008. For each year, $90,605 (GF).
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Fund staffing for new jail constructionReflects funding requirements for new or expanded jail projects currently under construction or anticipated to begin construction in time to be on-line with required staffing in the 2008-2010 biennium. This funding supports additional staffing at the Newport News Jail, Prince William/Manassas Jail, Rappahannock Regional Jail, Western Virginia Regional Jail, and the Riverside Regional Jail. For 2009, $3.5 million (GF). For 2010, $17.0 million (GF).
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Provide per diem fundingAdjusts funding for reimbursement to localities for housing inmates in local and regional jails and jail farms. The Commonwealth compensates local governments for the housing of these inmates according to the formulas specified in the Appropriation Act. The adjustment reflects actual inmate population counts through the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 and establishes the base for the 2008-2010 biennium. For each year, $14.9 million (GF).
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Continue 2008 budget reductionsContinues the budget reductions included in the Governor's 2008 reduction plan into the 2008-10 biennium. For 2009, a decrease of $909,567 (GF) and one position. For 2010, a decrease of $909,567 (GF).
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Implement administrative operational efficienciesRemoves funding and positions based on the anticipated savings associated with the streamlining of agency operations by the Compensation Board. For 2009, a decrease of $93,051 (GF) and three positions. For 2010, a decrease of $344,121 (GF).
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Remove exemption from overhead recoveryRemoves overhead recovery exemption provided to Northern Neck Regional Jail, Piedmont Regional Jail, Central Virginia Regional Jail, and the Alexandria Jail, ensuring that all jails and regional jails are treated equally in application of the overhead recovery methodology. This action reduces the amount of state funding required for per diem reimbursements to local and regional jails housing out-of-state or federal inmates. For each year, a reduction of $2.8 million (GF).
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Adjust retiree health credit premium paymentsChanges responsibility of localities to fund 50 percent of the retiree health care credit for constitutional officers and their employees. For each year, a reduction of $402,725 (GF).
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Adjust liability insurance and bond premium paymentsChanges responsibility of localities to fund 50 percent of the liability insurance and bond premiums for constitutional offices. For each year, a reduction of $1.6 million (GF).
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Continue savings related to vacanciesRequires clerks, treasurers, finance directors, and commissioners of the revenue to maintain positions vacant for 90 days prior to filling. These constitutional offices would not be allowed to expend accrued vacancy savings. For each year, a reduction of $1.3 million (GF).
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Fund additional cost of salary increasesProvides funding to address shortfall in costs associated with the 2007 and 2008 salary increases, including the cost of associated fringe benefits. For each year, $305,485 (GF).
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Provide additional funding to support the interface between Virginia’s Sex Offender Registry and the National Justice Exchange/Victim Notification SystemIncreases funding to reflect the increased cost of contractual services. This action will fully fund the link between Virginia’s Sex Offender Registry and the databases of more than 40 other states in the next biennium. For each year, $28,500 (GF).
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Address funding oversight for deputy commissioners of revenueProvides funding to address a technical correction that is necessary due to language in Chapter 951, 2005 Virginia Acts of Assembly, Item 70, D.1, that implements the deputy commissioners’ Career Development Program beginning in fiscal year 2006 but which did not include funding to support the initiative. For each year, $75,129 (GF).
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Provide funding to support sheriffs' deputies retirementProvides funds for additional reimbursement to those jurisdictions that include their sheriffs' deputies and regional jail correctional officers in the Law Enforcement Officers Retirement System (LEOS), which provides expanded retirement benefits for certain local public safety employees. For 2009, $2.0 million (GF). For 2010, $4.0 million (GF).
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Provide clarifying language for Technology Trust Fund appropriationProvides language authorizing the Compensation Board to obligate funds in excess of the Technology Trust Fund appropriation, but within the available cash balance of the fund, if the combined total of all funding requests and obligated expenditures exceeds the amount appropriated.