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“These employees have been here through the good and the bad times,” Murray explained to the board. “They have never been compensated with longevity pay. They have received pins for service and loyalty, but gentlemen... loyalty goes both ways.”
What sticks in their craw— and got the attention of the supervisors—is that any new employee in their same ranks would make more than the veterans do in the same job, because of the introductory salary levels that are set by the state of Virginia, which pays part of the Constitutional Officers’ deputies’ salaries, and lets the individual counties supplement the salaries, depending on variables like cost of living and county population.
Rappahannock’s deputies are in a particularly awkward position because of the county’s small population and its comparatively higher cost of living. It ranks in terms of state compensation for these deputies at the lowest level, along with 15 other counties in this same category.
“We live in a nicer place, so we give up some salary for that,” said Murray.
In a written statement sent to the supervisors prior to the meeting, the Group of Six said,
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