By Will Richmond
Herald News
DARTMOUTH — A supplemental budget to help cover the cost of correctional officers at the Bristol County House of Correction has received support from the state’s House of Representatives.
Members of the Bristol County delegation announced the approval of $1.6 million in funds for the Bristol County House of Correction after a vote taken on Wednesday.
“These funds will adjust the county correctional officers’ salaries in order that they will be on par with their colleagues throughout the state,” Rep. Patricia Haddad, D-Somerset, said. “We have worked very hard as a delegation to have this measure approved amounting to $ 1,600,000. This has been a long time coming.”
The budget effort, involving all of the county’s legislators, provides that the sheriff submit a compensation spending plan to the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means, as well as to the Executive Office of Administration and Finance. The plan must detail the disbursement of the funds to the correctional officers and the money can only be used to fund the correctional officers.
The supplemental budget still requires Senate approval.
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