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Jail finance update: revenues on track but questions linger over state bonus distribution
Summary
Finance staff reported FY25 revenues are tracking slightly ahead and FY26 revenue estimates rose, enabling proposed salary adjustments, but officials warned the state—.5% bonus for state-funded positions leaves local distribution questions unresolved.
Finance staff provided a budget update to the Prince William-Manassas Regional Jail Board, reporting revenues for the first eight months of FY2025 as on target and slightly ahead of the prior budgeted estimate.
As of Feb. 28, finance staff said operating expenditures stood at about 68.6% of the total budget with 66.7% of the year elapsed, a pacing that the presenter described as "right on target." The presenter noted a rise in revenue estimates for the FY26 cycle driven by updated state estimates and said the proposed FY26 budget includes funds to cover salary adjustments recommended in a pay study.
The presentation listed several line items: a pending $3,000,000 HVAC project proposed to be funded from fund balance, commissary program payouts year-to-date at about $400,000, commissary cash balances just over $2,000,000 (Jan $2,014,000; Feb $2,020,000), and inmate trust account balances ($83,002.83 in Jan; $76,006.76 in Feb). Finance staff also described an unusual uptick in ICE billings in December that produced 56 billable days for two inmates; February returned to normal billing.
On the state budget, finance staff said the General Assembly's revisions include a 3% salary increase for state-supported positions and a 1.5% bonus for state-supported employees, effective in July. The presentation clarified uncertainty about whether and how the 1.5% would be applied to locally funded positions: "We haven't had any of those discussions yet... that amount the calculation... we have to pay that out in a form of a bonus," the finance presenter said, adding county-level implementation conversations remain to be had. (Finance Staff, unnamed)
Board members asked whether the 1.5% would require county funding or could be passed through; finance staff said the distribution is complicated because only a subset of positions are state-supported and that county-level decisions will determine the local handling.
The budget discussion was informational; the board did not take immediate budget actions at the meeting. The FY26 proposals and revenue estimate changes will move forward to the Board of County Supervisors for consideration.
