Manassas Park approves agreements with commissioner of revenue and treasurer to bring deputies into city personnel system

Manassas Park City Council voted to approve agreements with the commissioner of the revenue and the treasurer that would enroll deputies and certain employees of those constitutional offices into the city's personnel system and address compensation supplementation and audit cooperation.

Staff said the agreements mirror models used elsewhere in the Commonwealth and provide employee protections by placing deputies within the city's personnel system, with a few exceptions. The agreements also allow locally negotiated supplementation of compensation (the state sets base salaries through the Compensation Board), a common practice in Northern Virginia jurisdictions. Staff said the agreements are retroactive to Jan. 1 when the officers took office.

Council members asked whether the agreements were time-limited or specific to the current officeholders; staff replied each agreement applies for the remainder of the officer’s term and a new agreement would be needed if future officeholders require changes. A council member also asked whether deputies would remain at-will employees; staff confirmed deputies remain at-will and are still subject to the constitutional officer.

Council approved the agreements by motion and voice vote, subject to final city attorney approval, and authorized the mayor and city manager to execute them.

What happens next: agreements will be finalized pending city attorney review and then executed by the mayor and city manager; the agreements are intended to clarify personnel status and responsibilities between the city and constitutional officers.