County commissioners and comptroller’s office officials recognized staff for completing late-year accounting work and assisting with external audits, and the board approved multiple personnel actions that will add or reclassify employees across county departments.

The recognition highlighted Emily Snyder, who joined the Comptroller’s Office in February 2024 and worked on closing the 2022 financial statements and supporting the 2023 audit; Noah Hunt, an intern from Penn College who moved into a part-time accounting role and is expected to become full-time after graduation; and payroll staff Desiree Eagly and Brianna Martinez for streamlining payroll processes with minimal training.

Comptroller staff and commissioners said the 2022 financial statements had been difficult to finalize and commended the team for producing documents that enable better budgeting and decision-making in 2024 and 2025. Commissioners described the improved working relationship between the commissioners’ offices and the comptroller’s staff.

Separately, the board accepted personnel actions presented on the agenda including: Matthew Wilentovich (FPD Public Defender, salary $85,000, anticipated transfer Jan. 5, 2025), Rebecca Baker (emergency management specialist, $39,994.50 annual, anticipated Jan. 13, 2025), and multiple corrections officers with anticipated start dates in January 2025. The transcript lists anticipated start/transfer dates for each named hire; those dates will be handled through standard onboarding and payroll processes.

The recognition and personnel approvals were presented during the meeting’s agenda and recorded on the public record; the remarks were framed as acknowledgments and operational staffing moves rather than policy actions.