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Northumberland County salary board approves staffing cuts, new court hires and multiple pay changes
Summary
On Dec. 23, 2025, the Northumberland County Salary Board approved elimination of two jail positions, created court staff roles for a new judge, and approved pay and hours adjustments for several county officers including the public defender and county solicitor.
The Northumberland County Salary Board voted Dec. 23 to approve a package of staffing changes and pay adjustments that the board said will both reduce costs and staff the county courts for a newly created judgeship.
At the meeting, the board unanimously approved eliminating one deputy warden and one captain position at the Northumberland County Jail effective immediately. An unidentified board member said the eliminations will save “somewhere between $150 and $200,000” including benefits and added that the positions “have not been existent since the new warden took over.” The motion passed on roll call.
The board also created several court positions tied to a new judge’s staffing needs: a law clerk position at a starting salary of $42,500 for 33 hours per week effective Jan. 1, 2026, and a judicial confidential secretary position at $35,500 per year for 37.5 hours per week effective Jan. 1, 2026. The board noted the confidential secretary appointment replaces Judge Jones’s retiring secretary.
Other approved changes included eliminating a senior accounting administrator position in the county treasurer’s office (effective immediately), changing the administrative assistant in the county Special Conflicts Office to a 40-hour week (80 hours per pay period) effective Jan. 1, 2026, and setting that assistant’s salary at $41,500 per year effective Jan. 1, 2026.
The board voted to raise the chief public defender’s salary to $68,095.45 per year effective Jan. 5, 2026. A speaker identified the outgoing incumbent as Mr. Greco and said “Corey will be taking over that position,” adding the board’s confidence in the incoming public defender.
The salary for the county solicitor was set at $52,000 per year effective Jan. 5, 2026. During that item the board announced that Vince Rovetto will be taking over the solicitor role; the board praised Rovetto’s experience in the position.
The meeting opened with routine items — public input was solicited and none was offered on agenda items — and the board approved minutes from its Oct. 29, 2025, meeting before proceeding through the slate of motions. The meeting adjourned after brief closing remarks and refreshments were offered.
Votes at a glance - Amend agenda to add item 9.5 (confidential secretary adjustment): passed (voice/roll call). - Eliminate deputy warden and captain positions, Northumberland County Jail: passed (roll call). - Create law clerk, Northumberland County Courts, $42,500 (33 hrs/wk), effective 01/01/2026: passed. - Create judicial confidential secretary, Northumberland County Courts, $35,500 (37.5 hrs/wk), effective 01/01/2026: passed. - Eliminate senior accounting administrator, treasurer’s office: passed. - Adjust chief public defender salary to $68,095.45, effective 01/05/2026: passed. - Adjust county solicitor salary to $52,000, effective 01/05/2026 (Vince Rovetto announced as incoming solicitor): passed. - Adjust Special Conflicts Office administrative assistant to 40 hrs/wk, effective 01/01/2026: passed. - Set Special Conflicts Office administrative assistant salary to $41,500, effective 01/01/2026: passed.
What’s next Several of the changes take effect Jan. 1 or Jan. 5, 2026. The board did not schedule additional hearings on these items at the meeting; personnel processing and onboarding were described as the next administrative steps.
