CLEARFIELD – The Clearfield County Commissioners went through the yearly motions of approving salaries for elected and salaried county positions on Tuesday.
County Commissioner Mike Lytle objected to a number of pay raises, which were above the 3-percent increase fort the other employees, calling them arbitrary.
“I think it’s unfair not to consider all employees,” said Lytle.
Newly-elected Commissioner Chairman Rex Read said that in some instances, there were supervisors making less than the people they were supervising. Read also said that workers are informally evaluated every day they work.
County Commissioner Mark McCracken said that for some of the raises, it was due to an increase in responsibility that certain positions took on with the new election equipment and added responsibilities in the future. In particular, these positions included the position of chief Clerk, director of management information systems, director of voter registration and the director of elections.
“I thought it would be good to reward them for the extra duties they took on,” said McCracken.
Other position raises that Lytle contended were the president judge’s judicial secretary, the director of adult probation, the director of the domestic relations office and the supervisor of juvenile probation.
The list of salaries for elected officials and salaried employees can be found below.
Elected officials –
Commissioners: Mark McCracken, Rex Read and Mike Lytle, $42,437.81; controller, Caudia M. Read, $37,970.95; retirement secretary, $3,000; treasurer, Carol A. Fox, $37,970.95; coroner, R. Joel Heath, $37,970.95; district attorney, William A. Shaw Jr., $151,115; prothonotary, William A. Shaw, $41,953.55; register and recorder, Karen Starck, $41,953.55; sheriff, Chester Hawkins, $37,970.95; and jury commissioners, Linda Hatcher and Ellen Harry, $6,703.22.
Solicitors –
Commissioner, $40,190; controller, $1,500; treasurer, $1,500; prothonotary/clerk, $1,500; register and recorder, $1,500; and sheriff, $1,500.
Salaried positions –
First assistant public defender, Donald Gibboney, $36,204.30; adult probation officer 1, Aaron Dugan, $28,050.53; adult probation officer 2, Scott Cline, $27,042.99; adult probation officer 3, Stephanie Donaldson, $27,042.99; adult probation officer 4, Steven Gillespie, $26,255.33; assessment/claims director, Mary Anne Wesdock, $45,722.16; assistant deputy warden/work release supervisor, Greg Collins, $32,500; assistant director domestic relations, Beverly Oswalt, $36,199.54; assistant director of tax claims, Jeff Graham, $32,621,41; first assistant district attorney, F. Cortez Bell III, $40,402.26; assistant district attorney, Leanne Nedza, $37,210.32; assistant management information systems director, Adam Curry, $24,000; assistant public defender, Raymond Ortwein, $35,190; children, youth and family services fiscal operation officer, Melanie Young, $25,875; caseworker supervisor, Autumn Bloom, $29,316.38; caseworker supervisor, Susan Duttry, $32,283.76; caseworker supervisor, Deanna Graham, $30,416.02; chief clerk, Lisa McFadden, $31,577.06; chief deputy director of 911, $30,985.05; chief deputy sheriff, Robert Snyder, $33,706.59; chief public defender, Dan Bell, $39,367.46; clerical supervisor, Lisa McLaughlin, $23,456.79, county planner, solid waste director, Jodi Brennan, $48,741.50; deputy controller, Lisa Rauch, $32,283.76; deputy director of operations and training, David McClure, $30,985.05; deputy director – planning, $29,756.27; deputy for the prothonotary/clerk of court, 25,875; deputy for the register and recorder, Maurene Inlow, $28,709.07; deputy treasurer, Bonnie Kuklinskie, $25,240.04; deputy warden, James McCloskey, $33,500; director of children, youth and family services, $50,000; director of domestic relations, $42,500; director of emergency management, Gerald Pollock, $41,143.40; director of elections, $20,926.19; director of probation, Donald McClusick, $44,500; director of voter registration Donna Bumbarger, $22,750.87; domestic relations conference supervisor, Dennis Socash, $31,233.13; domestic relations enforcement supervisor, Julee Welker, $31,233.13; full-time assistant district attorney, Anne McDonough, $38,274.30; GAL, Daniel Bell, $18,857; geographic information systems coordinator, John Kaskan, $34,000; human resources, Marianne Sankey, $30,000; intensive probation officer, Jeffrey Aveni, $30,047.68; intermediate punishment program probation officer, Michael Moskel, $30,227.79; judicial secretary, Dawn Peters, $21,321; judicial secretary, Doris Folmor, $23,000; juvenile probation officer, Nikki Rohrback, $23,680; juvenile probation officer 1, Robert McQuillen, $32,490.92; juvenile probation officer 3, Jennifer Hutton, $27,042.99; juvenile probation officer 4, Allen Bietz, $25,366.61; juvenile probation officer 5, $23,680; law clerk, vacant, $36,146.34; lieutenant, Joe McGovern, $25,827; management information systems director, James W. Strickland, $36,724; part-time assistant public defender, Chris Pentz, $21,500; part-time assistant public defender, Dan Payne, $21,500; part-time assistant public defender, Mike Marshall, $21,500; planning specialist, vacant, $30,000; probation officer – collections, John Crance, $23,680; part-time assistant district attorney, Earle Lees Jr., $21,500; part-time assistant district attorney, Warren Mikesell, $19,500; quality assurance, Deb Archer, $32,000; solicitor, Cynthia Stewart $21,739.55; staff attorney, Cynthia Stewart, $27,174.54; supervisor of adult probation, Lisa Redden, $38,397.77; supervisor juvenile probation, Christine Davis, $38,000; veterans affairs director, Domenick Kurtz, $28,980; victim-witness coordinator, Judy Shirey, $28,174.91; warden, Sam Lombardo, $41,000; weights and measures, Joe Pedmo, $18,900.