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87 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE BOARD OF CORRECTIONS TO <br />ADJUST REIMBURSEMENT SALARY SCALES FOR LOCAL GROUP HOMES TO <br />BE MADE EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1981. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Portsmouth, <br />Suffolk, and Virginia Beach and the counties of Isle of Wight <br />and Southampton established the Regional Group Home Commission <br />to operate group homes for youth under the provisions of <br />Section 16.1-313 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended; <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, under the provisions of said Section of the <br />Code of Virginia, the State Department of Corrections has <br />a clear responsibility to reimburse two-thirds (2/3) of the <br />necessary and reasonable personnel costs incurred b~ the <br />Commlssion while operating these group homes; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the State Board of Corrections made no adjust- <br />ment in the approved salary reimbursement scales in group <br />homes between July 1976 and March 1981, and adjusted the <br />scales upward only 2.3% in March, 1981; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, this adjustment was far below the increase in <br />the salary scale for Regional Group Home personnel as well <br />as the cost of living increases allowed for state employees <br />and local court service unit employees, and no funds have <br />been budgeted in fiscal year 1982 to reimburse cost of living <br />adjustments to local group home salary scales; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, this lack of action by the State Board of Cor- <br />rections has had the effec~ of limiting State reimbursements <br />to localities below the two-thirds (2/3) of reasonable costs <br />as stipulated in the Code, and this unreasonably low ceiling <br />will result in a loss of Twelve Thousand, Five Hundred ($12,5OO.) <br />Dollars to the Commission which, if no adjustments are made, <br />will be greater next year; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the State Board has an obligation to adjust re- <br />imbursement salary scales for local group homes at least to <br />the same extent as scales for juvenile probation officers <br />and State employees. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City <br />of Port.smouth, Virginia, that it urges the State Board of <br />Corrections to make this adjustment effective July 1, 1981. <br /> <br /> <br />