Magistrates in Fairfax County are urging the Board of Supervisors to increase their salaries, arguing the county’s comparatively lower pay supplement fuels high turnover and a lack of qualified applicants.

A key part of the Virginia court system, magistrates are responsible for issuing warrants and setting bail, among a host of other tasks. Individual counties are expected to augment the salaries magistrates receive from the state, which start at $38,583.