Reallocate positions for sludge management program

Provide additional nongeneral fund appropriation for existing grant awards from fund balances

Complete restoration of Chippokes Farm Plantation Foundation as a separate agency

Provide funding for the Natural Resources Commitment Fund to support agricultural best management practices

Make mandatory Water Quality Improvement Fund deposit

Reflect Governor’s October reductions in agency budgets

Implement targeted reductions

Add language for cost effective financing of dam repairs

Capture turnover and vacancy savings across the department.

Eliminates one position in the public communications office.

Consolidate administrative responsibilities resulting in the elimination of one position.

The quarterly park visitor statistical survey will be reduced to annually.

Postpones facility and infrastructure repairs and maintenance.

Delays, for a few months, opening new state park facilities and closes a group campground that is in disrepair.

Eliminates wage positions in administration.

Eliminates general fund support for repairs to soil and water conservation district dams. It is anticipated that the dam repairs will continue with funding provided by the Virginia Public Building Authority bonds included in the 2008 Appropriation Act ($20 million) or existing local funds.

Eliminates one natural heritage specialist position.

Eliminates one natural heritage stewardship position.

Eliminates one wage position.

One position in design and construction will remain vacant.

Eliminates four wage positions.

Various, non-law enforcement, positions will remain vacant in state parks.

Eliminates a vacant accounts payable position.

Eliminates a vacant senior planner position.

Contractual legal services provided through the Office of the Attorney General will be funded with nongeneral fund resources.

Increase the fees charged for the responsible land disturbers permits for review of construction and development projects.

Postpones resource management projects including tree replacement, shoreline erosion, trail maintenance, boundary markings, and natural heritage surveys.

Reduces annual operating support provided to the 47 local soil and water conservation districts for providing assistance with agricultural best management practices, dam repair and maintenance, and public education.

Changes the current central office agency telephone system to a voice over internet provider system.

Planned vehicle replacement and heavy duty equipment purchases will be deferred.

The funds that have already been provided for the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program are sufficient to meet the federal program match for the biennium because of reduced participation in the program.

Various computers in state parks operations will be declared surplus.

Eliminates wage support in procurement.

Reduces advertising costs with Virginia Association of Broadcasters, local tourism initiatives, special events, and other programming.

Reduce the wage staff providing public education programs and the number and type of programs provided.

Reduces training offered to state park employees.

Reduces cost associated with volunteer opportunities in state parks.

Reduces administrative support provided.

Expenses will be reduced in such areas as office and storage space, publication, employee recognition programs, employment advertisements, blackberry and cell phone usage, and the number of vehicles leased on an annual basis.

Three vacant wage positions will not be filled.

Reduces wage employment in planning and recreation resource for monitoring of federal grants.

Wage positions at visitor desks and contact stations will be eliminated from several parks during non-peak season.

Reduces support for district conservation specialists in the Chesapeake Bay and Southern rivers watersheds for total maximum daily load implementation.

Accounting costs directly related to state park operations will be shifted to nongeneral fund resources.

Five positions in natural heritage will be funded partially with nongeneral funds. The division will need to seek additional contract work to generate sufficient nongeneral fund revenue.

One soil and erosion position will be transferred to nongeneral funds.

When an agency implements layoffs for employees eligible for retirement, in lieu of severance, the employee is offered an enhanced retirement package. In such cases, the agency would normally pre-pay the Virginia Retirement System for the cost of the enhanced package. This savings strategy would require the Virginia Retirement System to temporarily absorb such costs incurred as the result of layoffs in the Governor's 2008-10 reduction plan and amortize the cost as part of future actuarial valuations.

Ends existing training contract and provides training through nongeneral fund resources.

Reduces the annual operating support provided to the 47 local Soil and Water Conservation Districts for providing assistance with agricultural best management practices, dam repair and maintenance, and public education.

Reduces operating support to the Virginia Outdoors Foundation by five percent.

Removes the half-percent pay practices funding granted to Executive branch agencies in the 2006-08 biennium.

Transfers one position to nongeneral fund support.

Combines the responsibilities for two nutrient management positions and transfers the position to nongeneral fund support.

Transfers funding for a grant manager position to water quality improvement fund interest earnings.

Transfer oversight of erosion and sediment control and stormwater management plans that are part of higher education construction projects so that projects are reviewed by local authorities.