WINCHESTER â The Frederick County Board of Supervisors voted 4-3 Wednesday night to appropriate a $500 one-time, state-funded bonus to nearly 200 employees in the county Sheriff s Office and at the Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center.
Chairman Charles DeHaven Jr. and supervisors Judith McCann-Slaughter, Bob Wells and David Stegmaier voted in favor the bonus, while J. Douglas McCarthy, Blaine Dunn and Shawn Graber opposed it.
In October, the Virginia General Assembly approved new state budget spending that included $11 million to give law enforcement personnel a $500 bonus in December.
County Administrator Kris Tierney said at the meeting that the state legislature mandated that $500 bonuses be given to sworn sheriff s office and jail employees funded by the state s Compensation Board, which administers monies from the governor s budget for all constitutional offices and regional jails.Â