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Salary board approves 2025 salaries for county offices; recorder, courts, DA and others accepted
Summary
The Lackawanna County Salary Board approved 2025 salaries for multiple county offices by voice vote, and approved a job-title change in the District Attorney's Office and the creation of a director post for youth and family services (see separate article).
The Lackawanna County Salary Board reviewed and approved salary items for county offices during the meeting. Each motion listed below was approved by voice vote as recorded in the meeting transcript.
Votes at a glance
- Clerk of Judicial Records: Motion to accept salaries as presented in the 2025 budget — approved by voice vote. - Courts (presentation by Frank Castellano): Motion to accept salaries as presented in the 2025 budget — approved by voice vote. - Commissionerssalaries: Motion to accept salaries as presented in the 2025 budget — approved by voice vote. - Controller's Office: Motion to accept salaries as presented in the 2025 budget — approved by voice vote. - Coroner's Office: Motion to accept salaries as presented in the 2025 budget (presenter stated the coroner was unable to attend) — approved by voice vote. - District Attorney's Office: Motion to accept salaries as presented in the 2025 budget — approved by voice vote. Separately, two job-title changes were approved in the District Attorney's Office: an assistant district attorney title change to deputy district attorney and a deputy district attorney retitled to assistant district attorney; those changes were approved by voice vote. - Recorder of Deeds: Motion to accept salaries as presented in the 2025 budget — approved by voice vote. - Register of Wills and Orphans Court (presentation by Frank Kovaleski): Motion to accept the budget as presented for both offices — approved by voice vote. - Sheriff's Office: Motion to accept salaries as presented in the 2025 budget — approved by voice vote. (Sheriff Mark McAndrew registered objections about feasibility and scheduling; see separate article.) - Treasurer's Office: Motion to accept salaries as presented in the 2025 budget — approved by voice vote.
The board concluded with a motion to adjourn that was approved by voice vote. Except where noted, the transcript records the motions, seconding and the chair calling for ayes; individual roll-call tallies or named votes were not provided in the public transcript.
