Secretarial Area: Public Safety and Homeland Security
formerly under: Public Safety
Mission:
The Virginia Department of Emergency Management mission is to protect the lives and property of Virginia's citizens and visitors from emergencies and disasters by coordinating the state's emergency preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery efforts.
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years. more...
More historical data is available for this agency on DPB's website under the
Virginia's Budget page. If you click on the Budget Round Description links under any of the "DPB Appropriation Database" tables and open the filter you can select various fields to get greater detail and you can select the official chapter data going back for several decades. The "Caboose" chapters are the final biennial budget approved by the General Assembly and signed into Law.
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Biennium
Fiscal Year
Source
GF
NGF
Total
2008-2010
2009
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
$5,132,908
$38,918,897
$44,051,805
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
$4,909,495
$39,008,490
$43,917,985
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$4,455,711
$39,173,576
$43,629,287
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$4,309,309
$39,225,356
$43,534,665
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$7,099,712
$40,136,023
$47,235,735
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$5,391,251
$39,337,861
$44,729,112
2014-2016
2015
Governor's Proposed Budget
$6,415,334
$54,585,957
$61,001,291
Base Budget
$5,912,152
$39,337,861
$45,250,013
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$503,182
$15,248,096
$15,751,278
2014-2016
2016
Governor's Proposed Budget
$6,466,581
$54,646,888
$61,113,469
Base Budget
$5,912,152
$39,337,861
$45,250,013
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$554,429
$15,309,027
$15,863,456
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium
Fiscal Year
Source
GF
NGF
Total
2008-2010
2009
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
54.75
83.25
138.00
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
53.75
84.25
138.00
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
40.85
104.15
145.00
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
40.85
104.15
145.00
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
40.85
104.15
145.00
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
40.85
104.15
145.00
2014-2016
2015
Proposed Positions
41.85
109.15
151.00
Base Budget
40.85
104.15
145.00
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
4.00
5.00
9.00
2012-2014
2016
Proposed Positions
41.85
109.15
151.00
Base Budget
40.85
104.15
145.00
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
1.00
5.00
6.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
•
Increase federal appropriation
Decision Package
Provides additional federal fund appropriation to support federal grant awards and federal disaster funding.
FY 2015
FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund
$15,000,000
$15,000,000
•
Provide additional Commonwealth Transportation funding for hazardous materials operations
Decision Package
Provides additional Highway Fund appropriation to address funding shortfalls in supporting positions assigned to the hazardous materials program. The cost to support the staff has increased since the last funding adjustment for this program was made.
FY 2015
FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund
$237,388
$237,388
•
Continue the Citizen Corps activities
Decision Package
Provides general fund support to continue the Citizen Corps activities once the federal funding expires.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$178,162
$213,794
•
Establish a sheltering coordinator position
Decision Package
Provides a position that will be responsible for coordinating sheltering services in the Commonwealth. The position will coordinate with all participating agencies and localities regarding the state's sheltering initiative.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$99,762
$133,015
Positions
1.00
1.00
•
Distribute Central Appropriation amounts to agency budgets
Base Budget Adjustment
Adjusts the agency budget to reflect amounts moved to or from Central Appropriations to cover the costs of items such as salary increases, changes in retirement and other benefit contribution rates, as well as the distribution of other centrally funded items.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$82,755
$82,755
•
Adjust funding to agencies for information technology and telecommunication charges
Decision Package
Adjusts the agency budget for information technology and telecommunication charges based on the required cost of living adjustments contained in the Northrop Grumman contract and the elimination of the debt recovery surcharge originally approved by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on July 12, 2010.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$5,451
$57,028
Nongeneral Fund
$5,076
$53,095
•
Replenish Disaster Response Fund line of credit
Decision Package
Provides one-time general fund support to address the debt to the Treasurer of Virginia for use of the line of credit for the Disaster Response Fund. Historically, the agency has been provided one-time funding to pay off the line of credit. The last time the fund was replenished was in 2007 ($100,000).
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$100,000
$0
•
Start an emergency response vehicle replacement program
Decision Package
Provides sufficient funding to support an emergency vehicle replacement program using Master Equipment Lease Program (MELP) to finance two vehicles in 2015 and two vehicles in 2016. The goal is to seek additional MELP funding for two vehicles in 2017, thereby providing a six vehicle replacement plan. This funding allows the agency to have a dedicated, consistent funding source to maintain core services.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$28,876
$57,752
•
Adjust funding for premium changes in the Automobile Insurance Liability program
Decision Package
Adjusts agency funding for the approved premium changes in the state’s Automobile Insurance Liability program.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$7,685
$7,685
Nongeneral Fund
$8,227
$8,227
•
Fund agency costs for the new Cardinal accounting system
Decision Package
Provides appropriation to the agency’s budget to pay for the agency’s share of the costs for the new Cardinal accounting system. The Department of Accounts allocates the yearly cost of the system to agencies based upon the number of transactions the agency completed in the previous fiscal year.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$0
$1,905
Nongeneral Fund
$0
$12,672
•
Fund changes in state employee workers' compensation premiums
Decision Package
Adjusts the agency's budget for workers' compensation premiums based on the allocation of 2015 and 2016 program costs provided by the Department of Human Resource Management. The allocation is based on the historical experience of the agency and reflects the current policy of providing agencies with 50 percent of any increased costs and allowing agencies to retain 50 percent of any reduced costs.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($94)
($90)
Nongeneral Fund
($6,487)
($6,247)
•
Adjust agency appropriation for the cost of Performance Budgeting system charges
Decision Package
Provides appropriation to pay for the agency's share of ongoing Performance Budgeting system operating and maintenance costs. The general fund share of this cost was previously budgeted in Central Appropriations.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$585
$585
Nongeneral Fund
$3,892
$3,892
•
Convert contract positions to grant supported positions
Decision Package
Converts five contract positions to nongeneral funded grant management positions. Appropriation is not required as the agency will use existing appropriation to support these new positions.
FY 2015
FY 2016
Positions
5.00
5.00
•
Provide authority to Sheltering Coordinator
Decision Package
Provides language that establishes the Commonwealth's Sheltering Coordinator position that will be responsible for coordinating upon evacuation and subsequent housing in a local or state shelters; and provides the authority to establish an integrated system for coordinating the planning and operation of state emergency shelters, and facilitate cooperation among local entities and state agencies in the sheltering preparedness efforts in the Commonwealth.
