Bill Text: WV SR2 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Appointment of Senate employees
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2025-01-08 - Completed legislative action [SR2 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2025-SR2-Introduced.html
SENATE RESOLUTION 2
(By Senator Barrett)
[Introduced January 8, 2024]
Authorizing the appointment of permanent and per diem employees for the First Regular Session of the Eighty-Seventh Legislature and payment of their compensation.
Resolved by the Senate:
That the Clerk of the Senate, with the approval of the presiding officer of the Senate, or the presiding officer of the Senate is hereby authorized to appoint employees to receive the per diem compensation, as herein provided, during this regular sixty-day session of the Eighty-Seventh Legislature, and any extension thereof as follows:
Up to thirty Class I administrative assistants at a rate of one hundred dollars per diem to one hundred thirty dollars per diem;
Up to four Class II administrative assistants at a rate of one hundred dollars per diem to one hundred forty dollars per diem;
Up to five legislative analysts at a rate of one hundred dollars per diem to two hundred ten dollars per diem;
Up to ten legal counselors at a rate of two hundred fifty dollars per diem to four hundred dollars per diem; assignments and salary to be determined by the presiding officer of the Senate;
One Bill Clerk at a rate of ninety dollars per diem to one hundred dollars per diem;
Up to four proofreaders at a rate of one hundred dollars per diem to one hundred thirty dollars per diem;
One Page Program Coordinator at a rate of one hundred fifteen dollars per diem to one hundred fifty dollars per diem;
One Sergeant at Arms at a rate to be determined by the presiding officer of the Senate;
Up to two assistants to the Sergeant at Arms at a rate of one hundred dollars per diem to one hundred twenty dollars per diem;
One Doorkeeper at a rate to be determined by the presiding officer of the Senate;
Up to six assistants to the Doorkeeper at a rate of one hundred dollars per diem to one hundred twenty dollars per diem;
One Supervisor for Materials and Supplies at a rate of one hundred forty five dollars per diem
Up to three mail clerks at a rate of one hundred dollars per diem to one hundred twenty dollars per diem;
The Clerk of the Senate, with the approval of the presiding officer of the Senate, or the presiding officer of the Senate shall have authority to employ such per diem staff personnel during any session of the Legislature as shall be needed in addition to staff personnel authorized by this Senate resolution adopted during any such session. The Clerk of the Senate, with the approval of the presiding officer of the Senate, or the presiding officer of the Senate shall have authority to employ such staff personnel between sessions of the Legislature as shall be needed, the compensation of all staff personnel during and between sessions of the Legislature, notwithstanding any such Senate resolution, to be fixed by the presiding officer of the Senate. In all such cases, the Clerk of the Senate, with the approval of the presiding officer of the Senate, or the presiding officer of the Senate shall have authority to supervise and dismiss such staff personnel; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the appointment of salaried full-time employees of the Senate for the year two thousand twenty and their compensation, at the following amounts per month, for such periods of time as they are employed in the positions designated, is hereby authorized, as follows:
Clerk 9,620.83
Chief of Staff 11,908.33
Assistant Clerk 7,750.77
Executive Assistant to Clerk 5,870.83
Fiscal Officer 7,240.00
Assistant Fiscal Officer 6,491.67
Director of Technology 7,787.50
Chief Journal Clerk 6,746.60
Bill History Clerk 5,498.33
Clerk to Minor Committees 5,443.33
Executive Assistant to President 4,370.83
Director of Communications 8,575.00
Parliamentarian 6,998.33
Counsel to Minority Leader 8,500.00
Administrative Assistant to Minority Leader 5,833.33
Counsel to Education Committee 9,203.33
Clerk/Analyst to Education Committee 4,908.33
Counsel to Finance Committee 9,568.33
Budget Policy Analyst to Finance Committee 7,370.83
Assistant to Finance Chairman/Clerk 5,704.17
Counsel to Government Organization 9,276.67
Clerk to Government Organization Committee 5,526.67
Admin. Assistant to Government Organization Committee 5,704.17
Counsel to Health and Human Resources Committee 8,860.00
Clerk to Health and Human Resources Committee 5,741.67
Counsel to Judiciary Committee 8,943.33
Clerk/Analyst to Judiciary Committee 5,704.17
Deputy Chief of Staff 6,735.00
Mail Clerk 4,165.00
Custodian 2,944.52
The Clerk of the Senate, with the approval of the presiding officer of the Senate, or the presiding officer of the Senate shall have authority to employ such full-time staff personnel during any session of the Legislature as shall be needed in addition to staff personnel authorized by this Senate resolution adopted during any such session. The Clerk of the Senate, with the approval of the presiding officer of the Senate, or the presiding officer of the Senate shall have authority to employ such staff personnel between sessions of the Legislature as shall be needed, the compensation of all staff personnel during and between sessions of the Legislature, notwithstanding any such Senate resolution, to be fixed by the presiding officer of the Senate. In all such cases, the Clerk of the Senate, with the approval of the presiding officer of the Senate, or the presiding officer of the Senate shall have authority to supervise and dismiss such staff personnel.
