15.2-846 - Salaries and expenses of board members; administrative staff.
§ 15.2-846. Salaries and expenses of board members; administrative staff.
The board shall establish the salaries and allowances of board members inaccordance with the provisions of general law provided:
1. A public hearing shall be held on the salaries to be established;
2. No increase in such salaries shall be effective until the expiration ofthe current term of all board members whose salaries are to be increased; and
3. Any action or procedure necessary to be taken to increase such salariesshall be completed not later than April 15 of any year in which there is anelection for board members.
Each board member, in addition to salary and allowances, shall be entitled toreasonable administrative staff support paid by the county in conformity withexisting pay scales and whose duty shall be limited exclusively to countybusiness.
(1975, c. 143, § 15.1-778.1; 1978, c. 382; 1982, c. 376; 1983, c. 152; 1988,c. 879; 1997, c. 587.)