SMETHPORT – The salaries for McKean County employees have been
released, with some new names cropping up on the list due to the
creation of new positions.
Topping the scale are McKean County President Judge John Cleland
and Judge John Yoder, who are paid by the state and will garner
$135,293 each, according to Court Administrator Joanne Bly.
Meanwhile, McKean County Commissioner Chairman John Egbert and
Commissioner Clifford Lane make $12,000 apiece and Commissioner
Bruce Burdick takes the full salary at $46,348.
County Administrator Richard Casey garners $82,409; Sheriff Brad
Mason will make $45,153; and District Attorney John Pavlock,
$65,295. As full-time DA, he’ll make $1,000 less than the judge.
Mason will be taking over for outgoing Sheriff Donald Morey.
According to Controller Tom Ball, Pavlock’s salary is for his
current part-time position; he will be going full-time next year.
Pavlock’s assistants, Christa Shott, Scott Klein and Mike Alfieri
earn $39,148; $36,000 and $14,134, respectively.
Finance Director Dustin Laurie makes $51,506; and Director of
Legal Affairs and Human Resources Michele Alfieri, $77,250.
Also, Department of Human Services Administrator Charlotte
Chew-Sturm garners $66,994, a large portion of which is reimbursed
by the state; Director of Mental Health Jim Gelston, $64,992; and
Program Director of Mental Retardation Linda Gault, $40,000.
Department of Human Services Fiscal Officer Russ Linden, $40,716;
and Department of Human Services Fiscal Supervisor Vera Cloud,
$32,019 – all the preceding positions are also reimbursed by the
state.
Technologies Director Jean Hendrickson garners $40,513; and
Director of Elections Judy Ordiway, $33,215.
The elected row officers all make the same salary – $44,052 –
including Prothonotary/Clerk of Courts Bonnie Moore Howard; Ball;
Treasurer Nancy Evans; and Recorder of Deeds, Anne Bosworth.
Register of Wills Harrijane Hannon would also make the salary, but
she didn’t take the last pay raise and earns $42,977. Jury
Commissioners Wanita Lane and Betty Comes earn $7,104 apiece.
Planning Director Debbie Lunden makes $34,379; Chief Assessor
Angie Tennies, $32,468; Tax Claim Chief Colleen Nobles, $29,993;
and Chief Clerk Audrey Irons, $42,297.
Emergency Management Agency Director Steve Nelson garners
$35,630; 911 Director Jim Lewis, $41,704; 911 dispatchers, an
average of $13.50 an hour; outgoing Warden Dennis Luther, $50,000;
Julie Hartzell of the Information Technology Department, $26,000;
Director of Adult Probation Gary Seefeldt, $47,229; and Assistant
Chief of Adult Probation Jodi Tanner, $28,992.
According to Ball, Seefeldt’s wages are his base salary.
Seefeldt has also made roughly $9,200 to date for a variety of
tasks, including for operating DUI classes and on call pay, among
others.
Deputy Wardens Tim Woodruff, $41,995 and Norman Michael,
$39,998; Public Defender Ron Langella, $39,785, plus $23,175 for
being the guardian ad litem; Children and Youth Services Director,
Duane Wolfe, $52,143; Veterans Affairs Director Ben Defibaugh,
$27,190; Coroner Mike Cahill – an elected position – $26,540; and
Family Law Master Debbie Babcox, $55,619. Babcox’s position is not
a five-day a week job.
McKean County Housing and Redevelopment Authority Executive
Director Penny Eddy makes $79,500. Eddy is paid by the authority
and through the federal government.
Also, Mark Caldwell, who is a part-time employee and serves as
DUI coordinator and conducts custody mediations, makes $30 an hour
up to a maximum of $24,000 a year, according to Ball. Caldwell also
earns benefits in that capacity.
County Detective Jerry Okerlund has a base salary of $28,282,
plus earns $5,200 a year for being the Drug Task Force coordinator.
Bob Kinniburgh, director of courthouse security, makes $34,257;
Court Stenographer Diane Cheatle, $39,330; and Director of
Maintenance Paul Black, $33,363.
McKean County Special Counsel Christian Mattie III has made
roughly $14,318 so far in 2005, and is court appointed.
The county will be adding two new departments to the mix next
year – Economic Development and Soil and Water Conservation. Both
those departments will be headed by directors, with the salary for
the economic development director not immediately available.
However, the salary for the Soil and Water Conservation director
will be funded, in part, by the county’s deal with Rustick LLC of
Pottsville, who has taken over the controls of the landfill and
through grant funding. Rustick will supply the county with $45,000
a year. Meanwhile, another $50,000 would come in the form of
grants.
Currently, the county’s Soil and Water Conservation department
is on part-time status.
Outgoing Bradford Office of Economic and Community Development
Executive Director Ray McMahon, who is retiring from the city
effective Jan. 2, is believed to be the leading candidate for the
economic development position.
Also absent from the county’s salary list are employees from
Sena-Kean Manor, which changed hands from the county to Complete
HealthCare Resources of Horsham.
