SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 5
(By Senator Tomblin)

Authorizing the appointment of employees for the Senate for the one thousand nine hundred ninety-four regular sixty-day session of the seventy-first Legislature and payment of their compensation.

Resolved by the Senate:
That the Clerk of the Senate, with the approval of the President of the Senate, be and he is hereby authorized to appoint employees to receive the per diem compensation, as herein provided, during this regular sixty-day session of the seventy- first Legislature, and any extension thereof as follows:
Twenty Class I secretaries at a rate of forty dollars to fifty dollars per diem;
Nine Class II secretaries at a rate of forty-three dollars to sixty-three dollars per diem;
Nine Class III secretaries at a rate of forty-four dollars to sixty dollars per diem;
Three Class IV secretaries at a rate of forty-six dollars to seventy-three dollars per diem;
One administrative assistant to the President at a rate of eighty-two dollars per diem;
One secretary to the President at a rate of fifty-seven dollars per diem;
Two Legislative Analysts to the Committee on Finance at a rate of fifty dollars to eighty dollars per diem;
Two assistants at a rate of thirty-five dollars to fifty dollars per diem;
Eleven legal counselors at a rate of one hundred thirty-five dollars to one hundred ninety-five dollars per diem; assignments and salary to be determined by the President of the Senate;
One legal counselor to the Senate President at a rate of two hundred fifteen dollars per diem;
One Topical Index and Bill Clerk to the Senate Clerk at a rate of eighty dollars per diem;
Six proofreaders at a rate of forty-two dollars to fifty- five dollars per diem;
One Journal Room supervisor at a rate of sixty-seven dollars per diem;
One assistant Journal Room supervisor at a rate of forty-one dollars per diem;
Six Journal and Bill Room clerks at a rate of thirty-two dollars to forty-six dollars per diem;
One Sergeant at arms at a rate of fifty-three dollars per diem; and an allowance for meals and expenses not to exceed twenty-five dollars per diem.
One chief assistant Sergeant at Arms at a rate of forty- eight dollars per diem;
Three assistants to the Sergeant at arms at a rate of thirty-two dollars to thirty-seven dollars per diem;
One Doorkeeper at a rate of seventy-five dollars per diem;
One chief assistant Doorkeeper at a rate of forty-seven dollars per diem;
Five assistant Doorkeepers at a rate of thirty-six dollars to forty-three dollars per diem;
One information clerk at a rate of fifty-two dollars per diem (twenty-six dollars per day paid by House of Delegates);
Two messengers to the Senate Clerk and Assistant Page at a rate of thirty-five dollars to thirty-seven dollars per diem;
One assistant custodian at a rate of forty-five dollars per diem;
One head page at a rate of forty-two dollars per diem;
Four pages at a rate of seventeen dollars per diem;
One recording system operator at a rate of sixty-two dollars per diem;
One duplicating machine operator at a rate of thirty-two dollars per diem;
Any person employed in any of the foregoing positions, except in the position of page, for which the stated compensation is less than thirty-six dollars per diem, and who resides more than fifty miles from the city of Charleston, shall receive a travel and expense allowance of ten dollars per day for each day that such employee actually travels and is engaged in the performance of his official duties on which the Senate actually meets.
The Clerk is further authorized to appoint such other employees at such compensation as the Committee on Rules shall from time to time authorize; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the appointment of salaried full-time employees of the Senate for the year one thousand nine hundred ninety-four and their compensation, at the following amounts per month, for such periods of time as they are employed:
Clerk 4,000.00
Assistant Clerk 3,587.60
Executive Secretary to the Clerk 1,807.60
Administrative Assistant to the Clerk 2,836.34
Supervisor of Senate Secretarial Staff 2,943.68
Legislative Assistant II 2,861.26
Legislative Assistant II 2,187.50
Legislative Assistant II 2,150.34
Legislative Assistant II 2,037.00
Legislative Assistant I 1,986.26
Legislative Assistant I 1,925.00
Legislative Assistant I 1,471.26
Legislative Assistant I 1,375.00
Senate Fiscal Officer 2,397.50
Chief Word Processor Operator 1,780.42
Secretary I 1,268.76
Legislative Analyst 1,958.34
Legislative Analyst 1,500.00
Legislative Analyst 1,291.68
Chief Custodian 1,518.18
Executive Secretary to the President 2,350.00
Research Analyst to the President 1,458.34
Secretary to the Majority Leader 1,291.68
Attorney 3,583.34
Attorney 3,458.34
Attorney 3,333.34
Three Custodians$1,061.42 - 1,448.18
Two Mail/Supply Clerks$1,203.76 - 1,369.18
The Clerk of the Senate, with the written approval of the President of the Senate, or the President of the Senate, is hereby authorized to employ persons to fill the above positions, at the compensation hereinabove set forth for each, and to make adjustments in said compensation during the year. The President of the Senate may employ personnel at such rates of compensation as may be needed to fill any other positions.