HENRY COUNTY, Va. – Deputies in Henry County will soon be getting a raise, thanks to a unanimous vote by the Henry County Board of Supervisors.
The decision was posted in a video, where the movement was explained and decided on.
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According to the video, funding supports compression increases at a rate of $100 per year of continuous service for deputy sheriffs with at least three years of service up to a maximum increase of $3,000.
Sheriff Perry also requested that local funds be used to extend the compression raises at a rate of $50 per year of service for several of his deputies with considerable experience from other jurisdictions.
Around 97 deputies will be eligible for the increases, costing, in total, $121,270, and an additional $50,044 in local funds were needed from the Reserve to fund those increases, they said in the video.
The board voted all in favor of the increases with a unanimous vote of 6-0.