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Elk County Salary Board approves CYS bonuses, job classifications and Domestic Relations reorganization
Summary
The Elk County Salary Board unanimously approved recruitment and retention incentives for the Children & Youth Services office, several job-description updates including a part-time sheriff’s clerk, and a multi-position reorganization in the Domestic Relations section effective July 1, 2026.
The Elk County Salary Board voted unanimously April 2 to approve recruitment and retention incentive payments for the county’s Children & Youth Services (CYS) office, multiple job-description updates and a reorganization in the Domestic Relations section.
Commissioner M. Fritz Leeker, chair of the Elk County Salary Board, presided over the meeting held at 10:00 a.m. in the Thomas G. Wagner Conference Room. The actions—moved and seconded by board members as recorded—carried without recorded opposition.
The board approved recruitment and retention incentive payments for CYS staff, subject to an annual inclusion in the CYS Needs Based Budget and continued approval by the appropriate state funding agency, the minutes state. Nancy Baker, identified in the attendance list as CYS Director, was present for the meeting. Treasurer Matthew T. Frey moved to approve the incentives; Commissioner M. Fritz Leeker seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
Members also approved job-description updates for CYS positions, voting to adopt new J. L. Nick salary grades for a Case Aid (grade H) and Caseworker (grade L). The board approved a separate job description for a part-time Sheriff’s Office office clerk at UMWA Level 4; the motion to approve that position was moved by Sheriff Todd Caltagarone and seconded by Commissioner Gregory J. Gebauer.
On a separate agenda item, the board approved a series of position changes in the Domestic Relations section effective July 1, 2026. As recorded, the actions include collapsing one full‑time Office Administrator/PACSES Administrator/Case Manager into a single Office Administrator position (salary grade K), converting three Enforcement Officer positions (salary grade K) into three Case Officer positions (salary grade M), collapsing one Intake Officer position (salary grade I), and collapsing one Locate/Finance Manager position effective immediately. President Judge Shawn McMahon moved the Domestic Relations package; Commissioner Gregory J. Gebauer seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
During a press question period, media member Marilyn Secco asked how often the CYS bonuses occur; the minutes record that bonuses are annual and that employees may not receive both the recruitment and the retention bonus in the same year. "Employees are not able to receive the recruitment and the retention bonus in the same year," the minutes state.
The board approved the meeting agenda and the minutes from Jan. 5, 2025, earlier in the session. The meeting adjourned at 11:40 a.m.; the next Salary Board meeting is scheduled for July 9, 2026, following the 10:00 a.m. Commissioners meeting.
Votes at a glance: all recorded motions in these minutes "carried unanimously." Individual roll-call votes were not recorded in the minutes.
