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Accomack supervisors approve funding shift to raise county pay to 3.5% and cover CSA shortfall
Summary
After the Commonwealth increased the state-supported local employee raise to 3.5%, county staff reforecasted revenues and identified $318,000 to fund the higher raises and cover an estimated CSA program shortfall; the board approved the amendment and approved the same boost for the county administrator and county attorney by separate motion.
County Administrator Mike Mason briefed the board on changes in the Commonwealth's biennial budget (adopted 06/29/2026) that raised the effective pay increase for state-supported local employees from 2% to 3.5% with an effective date of August 1. He said the county's adopted budget assumed a July 1 effective date and a 2% raise, so staff completed a reforecast and identified cost savings and revenue adjustments totaling $318,000 to cover the higher raise for the county workforce and to plug an expected shortfall in the Comprehensive Services Act (CSA) local match caused by new state caps on private day placements.
Mason presented the calculation and recommended using identified savings (including timing differences on building retrofits and other expenditure adjustments) to fund the change. "So one of the things that they did was they changed the percentage raise for state supported local employees from 2% to 3.5%," Mason told the board, and recommended the board amend the FY '27 budget to cover the increase plus CSA needs. The board approved the $318,000 appropriation by motion and voice vote.
A separate motion approved that the county administrator and county attorney receive the same 3.5% increase as other county employees; this was approved by voice vote and recorded by the chair.
Next steps: county staff will implement the approved pay adjustments effective August 1 and track CSA expenditures and any additional local-match implications.
