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Northumberland County Salary Board approves package of personnel pay adjustments
Summary
The county Salary Board on Oct. 29 approved a series of salary adjustments and starting-salary changes across departments, including jail leadership, the sheriff's office and behavioral-health positions. Board leadership said anyone receiving a 2025 adjustment will not be eligible for a 2026 raise.
Northumberland County’s Salary Board approved multiple salary adjustments and starting-pay changes during a short meeting on Oct. 29, 2025, voting by voice for most items and formally ratifying several changes that take effect on various dates in 2025 and 2026.
Chairman Schicatano opened the meeting and announced it had been duly advertised. The board approved minutes from Dec. 3, 2024, and then considered a string of personnel actions that were presented as ratifications. A recurring procedural remark from board leadership stated that any salary adjustments made during 2025 would render affected employees ineligible for a raise in 2026.
Key adjustments included setting the salary for the county drug and alcohol administrator at $62,000 per year (40 hours per week), and increasing the Northumberland County Jail captain’s pay by $2,000 effective Oct. 20, 2025; staff confirmed the captain’s position would become exempt from overtime accumulation. The board also set the…
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