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Clearfield County salary board approves sign‑on bonuses, sets court staff attorney starting pay at $70,500
Summary
At its March 25, 2025 meeting the Clearfield County Salary Board approved sign‑on bonuses for vacant domestic relations positions funded by Bureau of Child Support incentive funds and set the starting salary for a court staff attorney at $70,500 effective March 31, 2025.
The Clearfield County Salary Board on March 25, 2025 approved a package of sign‑on bonuses for vacant domestic relations positions and set the starting salary for a court staff attorney at $70,500 per year.
The bonuses were requested by Judges Amelmann and Cherry for vacant Domestic Relations Office enforcement and conference officer positions. Each bonus is structured for retention: $625 after three months of employment, $625 after six months, and $1,250 after 12 months, for a total of $2,500 per hire. The board recorded that the bonuses will be paid from Bureau of Child Support incentive funds rather than county tax revenue.
Board members discussed a separate request from Judge Jerry to set the court staff attorney starting salary at $71,500 effective March 31, 2025. An initial motion at that figure failed. Commissioners then offered an amended motion to set the starting salary at $70,500; that motion passed on a subsequent voice vote, setting the effective date as March 31, 2025.
The meeting included discussion of pay for the acting administrator of Children and Youth Services (CYS). Commissioners referenced a figure of $74,500 annually and noted that an original document listed the amount as a per‑week figure; the item was discussed during the salary board portion but the transcript does not record a clear final vote adopting a $74,500 annual salary for the acting administrator.
County officials and participants emphasized that the sign‑on bonuses mirror prior retention incentives used by the county and noted a policy that employees receiving a hiring bonus are not eligible for overlapping bonus payments during the same period. The board approved the minutes from the March 11, 2025 salary board meeting and adjourned the salary board to proceed to the regular commissioners meeting.
Ending: The salary board's actions were presented as a mix of retention measures and an amended salary decision for the court staff attorney. The county's use of Bureau of Child Support incentive funds for the bonuses was described in the meeting as avoiding direct cost to county taxpayers.
