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meet that deadline,” he said, adding that Department of Corrections representatives had informed him the payment would be pro-rated for a later opening.
“The Department of Corrections says he can’t open until we get all our jailers qualified and the first school (to provide that training) isn’t until March,” the sheriff said. He added that he’s seeking approval to use the jail at least as a 24-hour lockup until the corrections officers are trained.
Woodward repeated the information that his predecessor, W. A. Buntin, had relayed to the supervisors last month. The State Compensation Board, which pays salaries for authorized law enforcement positions, has given Rappahannock’s sheriffs department approval for jailers only to date. At the same time, the Department of Corrections has reversed its earlier stand and ruled that jailers can’t serve as dispatchers. “Tony Bottley (manager of the Department of Corrections’ adult facilities in the northern region) says he won’t let us operate if we do," Woodward reported. The Compensation Board is supposed to meet this month to act on Rappahannock’s request for dispatchers, he said. “If the dispatchers aren’t approved, 1 don't know what we’ll do. I’m going to have to work on that," Woodward added.
Operating Revenue
While obstacles remain to opening the jail, once it’s operating, it ddesn’t appear that money will be a problem, judging by the sheriffs explanation of revenue sources.
Salaries for jailers and
79.3%