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Susquehanna County creates, eliminates hearing-officer posts and approves hires, compensation changes
Summary
The Susquehanna County commissioners and salary board approved creation and elimination of several hearing-officer positions, approved hires and a termination, and set compensation changes for hearing officers during their morning meeting.
Susquehanna County commissioners on Tuesday approved a series of personnel actions that create and eliminate hearing-officer positions, authorize hires and a transfer, and adjust compensation for specialist hearing officers.
The actions were approved during the commissioners’ meeting and the county salary board session, which opened at 9:01 a.m. The salary board approved removing outdated position listings and creating a part-time nonunion domestic relations hearing officer position effective May 1, 2025; it also approved a part-time juvenile dependency hearing officer position effective April 9, 2025, and eliminated a full-time nonunion hearing master position effective May 1, 2025.
The salary board voted to approve the changes after motions and seconds recorded on the transcript. The board also approved changes to the miscellaneous compensation schedule that set the rate for the mental health hearing officer at $3.50 per case and set a separate rate (described in the minutes as "final health hearing officer" at $3.50 per case) effective April 9, 2025.
Separately, the commissioners acknowledged hiring and personnel moves. The board approved the hiring of Robert Hollister, Esquire, to the open part-time nonunion position of domestic relations hearing officer. Commissioners also approved transferring Jeffrey Norris from a hearing officer position to the open part-time juvenile dependency hearing officer position, effective May 1, 2025, at the salary code listed in the agenda. The board approved the termination of Faith Wienenski from the position of full-time telecommunicator (director), with the termination recorded in the minutes.
Taken together, the votes change the county’s hearing-officer staffing and pay structure and recorded immediate personnel changes. The motions were routine approvals on the agenda; the record shows each item carried by voice vote with the board saying "aye" for approval.
The meeting record does not include individual roll-call tallies for each commissioner on these items, nor does it provide additional detail about recruitment timelines for the new positions beyond the effective dates listed in the motions.
