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Wayne County commissioners approve routine motions: minutes, contracts, hires and $1.6 million in bills
Summary
At its May 14 meeting the board unanimously approved minutes, proclamations, a contract addendum, a $52,394 grant ratification, multiple hires and promotions, and payment of $1,605,224.66 in bills.
The Wayne County Commissioners on May 14 approved a series of routine and personnel actions and authorized payment of county bills totaling $1,605,224.66, as recorded in the meeting minutes.
Actions recorded in the minutes (all unanimous unless noted): the board approved May 7, 2026 meeting minutes; adopted proclamations for Mental Health Awareness Month and Emergency Medical Services Week; approved an addendum to the Oct. 9, 2020 contract with Zelenkofske Axelrod, LLC for additional fiscal services; ratified submission of a Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency Justice Reinvestment Initiative 2 grant for $52,394 to supplement the drug and treatment court coordinator’s salary; and approved payment of the bills presented, which included checks No. 140057 through 140142 and related accounts.
The minutes also document personnel actions: hire of Samanatha Swendsen as a part-time corrections officer (effective May 18, 2026); promotion of Dale Knecht to Prison Nurse Supervisor (effective May 18, 2026); hiring of Benjamin Head as a summer intern in the MIS Department (effective June 15, 2026); judicial hiring of Tara Kurtz as Magisterial District Court Clerk 1 (effective May 11, 2026); hiring John Schuman as part-time Maintenance I (effective May 18, 2026); and hiring Natasha Hessling as Resource Conservationist at the Wayne County Conservation District (effective June 15, 2026). The minutes record several brief recesses to convene Salary Board meetings to handle those personnel items.
The board received departmental voucher reports for Transportation, Human Services Agency, Children and Youth, BDP/EI and 911 accounts and recorded Treasurer’s Report dated May 13, 2026. The meeting adjourned by unanimous motion.
