By PHIL KABLER
Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In an extremely brief budget presentation Monday, state Auditor J.B.
told the Senate Finance Committee he would return $1.5 million of unspent appropriations to the state’s general revenue fund, and said he wants to give his staff pay raises independent of the governor’s proposed 1 percent across-the-board hike.
McCuskey said he wants to work within the department’s budget to give merit raises, and as a separate constitutional officer, said he should not be bound by Gov. Jim Justice’s pay raise proposal.
“We believe it should be done through the auditor’s office in house, rather than through a line-item in the governor’s budget,” the auditor said.
As of Dec. 31, the auditor’s office reported an unexpended cash balance of $1.37 million.
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