Capitol Police Salary Increase

Item 4 #1h

Language
Page 8, line 40, strike "$5,329,708" and insert "$5,727,591".
Page 8, line 40, strike "$5,329,741" and insert "$5,727,624".

Explanation
(This amendment provides additional general fund dollars to the Division of Capitol Police in order to provide all employees of the agency with a 9.3 percent salary increase. The agency's staff are currently paid less than all other surrounding law enforcement jurisdictions, including area campus police. Consequently, the agency has had difficulty retaining and recruiting high quality staff. This adjustment would place the agency's staff salaries on par with area campus police. The amendment includes not only the costs of the salary increase, but also the differential between current fringe benefits amounts and the new amounts that would be required given higher salaries.)