Schuylkill prothonotary describes changes to office

Schuylkill County Prothonotary Bridget McGowan-Miller has taken steps to streamline the office, moves which were approved by the commissioners during a meeting Wednesday.

“Positions were created, and by creating them we further defined job duties by position,” McGowan-Miller said after the meeting. During the meeting, county Administrator Gary Bender discussed the changes.

“We took a look at job performances and descriptions,” Bender said. “It was matching that up to what people do.”

In the Prothonotary’s Office, the following positions were approved: Lisa Smilko, Branch Township, Clerk III, $17.84 hourly; Nancy Haslam, St. Clair, Clerk IV, $24.98; Karen Hentz, Hegins Township, Clerk IV, $24.98; and Christine Schwalm, Hegins Township, Second Deputy, $25.76. One Clerk III position was eliminated.

In other personnel moves, the commissioners rescinded last month’s firing of two county prison corrections officers, revising the change to resignations for Jennifer Crisafulli, of Minersville, and Jeffrey Moyer, of Pottsville.

In the public defender’s office, Jessica Moran, of Pottsville, was promoted from investigator to chief investigator, at a rate of $28.66; Jacklyn Smolock, of Girardville, was promoted from investigator to investigator/fiscal reimbursement officer, at a rate of $21.55; and Christine Dormer, of Norwegian Township, transferred from second deputy of the orphan’s court, Register of Wills, to investigator, public defenders office, at a rate of $24.14.

In Children & Youth, Megan Kromer, of Mahanoy City, was promoted from county caseworker 1 to county caseworker 2, at a rate of $19.34 hourly. In MIS, Stan Nestor, of Ashland, was appointed MIS director at a salary of $67,500 annually.

Joseph Szeliga, of Minersville and Kenneth Porter, of Orwigsburg, were appointed to serve three years on the county Drug and Alcohol advisory board.