Pike County commissioners approve reorganization agenda, set salaries and authorize multiple contracts
January 01, 2025 | Pike County, Pennsylvania
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Pike County Commissioners on Jan. 6, 2025 approved their reorganization agenda and a package of administrative actions including payroll changes, vendor contracts and a community service block grant agreement.
The commissioners voted by voice on a slate of motions that the presiding official presented as a group, approving the reorganization agenda and minutes for prior meetings; authorizing payments from several county funds; acknowledging a district attorney appointment; setting an administrative assistant’s annual salary; approving hourly-rate increases for two correctional facility employees under the county’s AFSCME collective-bargaining terms; and authorizing a series of vendor and service agreements on behalf of county departments.
Key formal actions approved included: approval of the 01/06/2025 reorganization agenda; approval of the Dec. 18 and Dec. 26, 2024 meeting minutes; approval of payments from the general fund in the amount of $249,808.25, from the bridge repair account in the amount of $11,942.41, and from the Act 89 fund in the amount of $3,170; and acknowledgment of a district attorney appointment (Raymond J. Tonkin notified the commissioners that Melanie Gozolino was appointed as an administrative assistant in the district attorney’s office).
On salary matters, the salary board — convened during the meeting — set Melanie Gozolino’s annual salary at $41,200 for a 37.5-hour work week, effective Jan. 6, 2025, with benefits after 90 days (replacement position). The board also set an hourly rate of $28.41 for Andrew Ng in Conbini (retroactive to Jan. 3, 2025) "due to the terms of the agreement between the Pike County and the AFSCME District Council 87 for the completion of 1 year of service as a correctional officer" and set an hourly rate of $31.69 for Travis Stephens effective Jan. 9, 2025, "due to the terms of the agreement between the Pike County and AFSCME District Council 87 for the completion of 2 years of service as a correctional officer." The commissioners reconvened after the salary board actions.
The board also authorized execution of multiple vendor and service agreements on behalf of county offices and the Area Agency on Aging, including: a HealthNow service fee agreement; an Esri Inc. renewal quotation for ArcGIS Desktop Services on behalf of the Planning and Mapping Department; a grease-tank pumping/transportation/disposal agreement with CorVeline Incorporated on behalf of the Area Agency on Aging; a janitorial-service agreement with Peter Corella; a professional-services contract with Linda Steyer; and the 2025 Community Service Block Grant agreement between Pike County Human Services and the Monroe County Commissioners on behalf of the Human Services Office. Each of these items was brought as a motion, seconded, and approved by voice vote.
Most motions were presented with little or no discussion on the record and were approved by voice vote with commissioners responding "Aye." Where employment or wage actions cited a contract, the transcript identifies that outcome as a result of the AFSCME District Council 87 agreement but does not include the text of that agreement or an itemized budget for the listed contracts.
Procedural motions to recess the commissioners’ meeting to convene the salary board and to reconvene afterward were also approved. The meeting closed with brief miscellaneous items and a personal remembrance for a local community member, which was not part of the formal actions recorded above.
The commissioners voted by voice on a slate of motions that the presiding official presented as a group, approving the reorganization agenda and minutes for prior meetings; authorizing payments from several county funds; acknowledging a district attorney appointment; setting an administrative assistant’s annual salary; approving hourly-rate increases for two correctional facility employees under the county’s AFSCME collective-bargaining terms; and authorizing a series of vendor and service agreements on behalf of county departments.
Key formal actions approved included: approval of the 01/06/2025 reorganization agenda; approval of the Dec. 18 and Dec. 26, 2024 meeting minutes; approval of payments from the general fund in the amount of $249,808.25, from the bridge repair account in the amount of $11,942.41, and from the Act 89 fund in the amount of $3,170; and acknowledgment of a district attorney appointment (Raymond J. Tonkin notified the commissioners that Melanie Gozolino was appointed as an administrative assistant in the district attorney’s office).
On salary matters, the salary board — convened during the meeting — set Melanie Gozolino’s annual salary at $41,200 for a 37.5-hour work week, effective Jan. 6, 2025, with benefits after 90 days (replacement position). The board also set an hourly rate of $28.41 for Andrew Ng in Conbini (retroactive to Jan. 3, 2025) "due to the terms of the agreement between the Pike County and the AFSCME District Council 87 for the completion of 1 year of service as a correctional officer" and set an hourly rate of $31.69 for Travis Stephens effective Jan. 9, 2025, "due to the terms of the agreement between the Pike County and AFSCME District Council 87 for the completion of 2 years of service as a correctional officer." The commissioners reconvened after the salary board actions.
The board also authorized execution of multiple vendor and service agreements on behalf of county offices and the Area Agency on Aging, including: a HealthNow service fee agreement; an Esri Inc. renewal quotation for ArcGIS Desktop Services on behalf of the Planning and Mapping Department; a grease-tank pumping/transportation/disposal agreement with CorVeline Incorporated on behalf of the Area Agency on Aging; a janitorial-service agreement with Peter Corella; a professional-services contract with Linda Steyer; and the 2025 Community Service Block Grant agreement between Pike County Human Services and the Monroe County Commissioners on behalf of the Human Services Office. Each of these items was brought as a motion, seconded, and approved by voice vote.
Most motions were presented with little or no discussion on the record and were approved by voice vote with commissioners responding "Aye." Where employment or wage actions cited a contract, the transcript identifies that outcome as a result of the AFSCME District Council 87 agreement but does not include the text of that agreement or an itemized budget for the listed contracts.
Procedural motions to recess the commissioners’ meeting to convene the salary board and to reconvene afterward were also approved. The meeting closed with brief miscellaneous items and a personal remembrance for a local community member, which was not part of the formal actions recorded above.
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