Page 624

_ 624 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 469. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 Personnel Act may implement salary increases for such employees that may vary based on performance and other employment-related factors. The appointing or governing authority shall certify to the Department of Human Resource Management that employees receiving the awards are performing at levels at least comparable to the eligible employees as set out in subparagraph 2.a. of this paragraph. 3. The Department of Human Resource Management shall increase the minimum and maximum salary for each band within the Commonwealth's Classified Compensation Plan by three percent on June 10, 2024 and an additional three percent on June 10, 2025. No salary increase shall be granted to any employee as a result of this action. The department shall develop policies and procedures to be used in instances when employees fall below the entry level for a job classification due to poor performance. Movement through the revised pay band shall be based on employee performance. 4. The following agency heads, at their discretion, may utilize agency funds or the funds provided pursuant to this paragraph to implement the provisions of new or existing performance-based pay plans: a. The heads of agencies in the Legislative and Judicial Departments; b. The Commissioners of the State Corporation Commission and the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission; c. The Attorney General; d. The Director of the Virginia Retirement System; e. The Director of the Virginia Lottery; f. The Director of the University of Virginia Medical Center; g. The Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia College Savings Plan; and h. The Executive Director of the Virginia Port Authority. and i. The Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority 5. The base rates of pay, and related employee benefits, for wage employees may be increased by up to three percent no earlier then June 10, 2024 and an additional three percent no earlier than June 10, 2025. The cost of such increases for wage employees shall be borne by existing funds appropriated to each agency. 6. The governing authorities of the state institutions of higher education may provide a salary adjustment based on performance and other employment-related factors, as long as the increases do not exceed the one three percent increase on average for faculty and university staff. S.1. The appropriations in this item include funds to increase the base salary of the following employees by three percent on July 1, 2024 and an additional three percent on July 1, 2025, provided that the governing authority of such employees use such funds to support salary increases for the following listed employees. a. Locally-elected constitutional officers; b. General Registrars and members of local electoral boards; c. Full-time employees of locally-elected constitutional officers and, d. Full-time employees of Community Services Boards, Centers for Independent Living, secure detention centers supported by Juvenile Block Grants, juvenile delinquency prevention and local court service units, local social services boards, local pretrial services act and Comprehensive Community Corrections Act employees, and local health departments where a memorandum of understanding exists with the Virginia Department of Health. 2. Out of the appropriation for Supplements to Employee Compensation is included $38,018,552 the first year and $80,663,893 the second year from the general fund to support