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Votes at a glance

- Clerk of Judicial Records: Motion to accept salaries as presented in the 2025 budget — approved by voice vote.
- Courts (presentation by Frank Castellano): Motion to accept salaries as presented in the 2025 budget — approved by voice vote.
- Commissioners\u0000salaries: Motion to accept salaries as presented in the 2025 budget — approved by voice vote.
- Controller's Office: Motion to accept salaries as presented in the 2025 budget — approved by voice vote.
- Coroner's Office: Motion to accept salaries as presented in the 2025 budget (presenter stated the coroner was unable to attend) — approved by voice vote.
- District Attorney's Office: Motion to accept salaries as presented in the 2025 budget — approved by voice vote. Separately, two job-title changes were approved in the District Attorney's Office: an assistant district attorney title change to deputy district attorney and a deputy district attorney retitled to assistant district attorney; those changes were approved by voice vote.
- Recorder of Deeds: Motion to accept salaries as presented in the 2025 budget — approved by voice vote.
- Register of Wills and Orphans Court (presentation by Frank Kovaleski): Motion to accept the budget as presented for both offices — approved by voice vote.
- Sheriff's Office: Motion to accept salaries as presented in the 2025 budget — approved by voice vote. (Sheriff Mark McAndrew registered objections about feasibility and scheduling; see separate article.)
- Treasurer's Office: Motion to accept salaries as presented in the 2025 budget — approved by voice vote.

The board concluded with a motion to adjourn that was approved by voice vote. Except where noted, the transcript records the motions, seconding and the chair calling for ayes; individual roll-call tallies or named votes were not provided in the public transcript.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Lackawanna County Salary Board 12 18 24","oneSentenceSummary","The Lackawanna County Salary Board approved 2025 salaries for multiple county offices by voice vote, and approved a job-title change in the District Attorney's Office and the creation of a director post for youth and family services (see separate article).","taxTitle","Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania","taxId",2940,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6664865,"Lackawanna County sheriff says 2025 budget \"not feasible,\" warns scheduling change could increase overtime",271,464000,735000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2370109-566fd64723dfd4dd319219604d5d8097&start=464&end=735","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2370109-566fd64723dfd4dd319219604d5d8097/thumbnail_464000.jpg","/articles/6664865/Lackawanna-County/Pennsylvania/Lackawanna-County-sheriff-says-2025-budget-not-feasible-warns-scheduling-change-could-increase-overtime","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6664865-893370a4855bf9b67acfd56f0ec7ee38/orig.mp4?Expires=1771206566&Signature=db2COStotIPsU1yBQaIlODcHJPfrmrXF13duZB07eWQVfki~h-BwrhQbUIcb4SuVzTCLejFh6jDNncAmhF56e64Ezx0m8FL6yRndEU6XsbNulf6H4BCYEwrQ0Qer09gOKbS~r29PQDN5eLzslZnn-jP-g4x5F8f3eyYyoqbQESlRUKW~IvGYfVFM3jdacGadaE5PgAGiFq1cL1BYOM~qBhEBp8EpWuMbwqvzc7t~IaI6gk64PidAsj5J5MIVW9s-RvUAuaFx2ctoz4pK2PRqZM2vEjkQcClk7QsB-vlADUb3X-Bgt3so20PsIdPTC73-h5uvw78eZ09BdvJyWsTMYw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Sheriff Mark McAndrew told the Lackawanna County Salary Board that his office cannot meet the parameters of the proposed 2025 budget given expanded duties and staffing demands.

McAndrew described an expansion over the past five years that added responsibility for five buildings plus a juvenile detention center, domestic relations warrants, security for magistrate offices and coverage of multiple public events. \"This budget is not feasible. It's not doable,\" he said. McAndrew said a proposed schedule change to a seven-day work week had been tried previously and failed; he said a three-month trial will be attempted but he does not expect it to work.

Commissioners said they want to implement recommendations by PFM, a consulting firm hired to identify savings. A commissioner noted the county had cut $750,000 in overtime and asked the sheriff to work with PFM on implementing changes. McAndrew said the scheduling change would likely open more overtime opportunities because staff would use benefits or sign up for overtime on scheduled days off. \"When they're scheduled to work on the weekends, they're gonna use their benefit time...and then their scheduled days off, they're gonna sign up for overtime, and they're gonna slam you in overtime,\" he said.

McAndrew made a motion to accept the salaries for his office as presented in the 2025 budget; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. He and commissioners agreed to meet with PFM and review its recommendations further, with McAndrew saying he would report back after the trial period.

The transcript records the sheriff\u0000\u0000\u0000's objections and the board's approval of his office's salary request, but it does not include an itemized budget or a roll-call vote tally for the motion.","Sheriff Mark McAndrew told the salary board he cannot meet his office's 2025 budget under current staffing and duties; he warned a proposed scheduling change recommended by outside consultant PFM could increase overtime and said he will try a three-month schedule trial but does not expect it to succeed.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6664870,"Salary board creates director post for county youth and family services to meet state settlement",54,159000,213000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2370109-566fd64723dfd4dd319219604d5d8097&start=159&end=213","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2370109-566fd64723dfd4dd319219604d5d8097/thumbnail_159000.jpg","/articles/6664870/Lackawanna-County/Pennsylvania/Salary-board-creates-director-post-for-county-youth-and-family-services-to-meet-state-settlement","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6664870-fd25046bf5691f59a9c0605b4176597f/orig.mp4?Expires=1771206566&Signature=cbjpt2~H3mfDvsAxr72oX-uRUFfnfQyh6NrOSbQU8YCcheOhFy~oZaVYUExi8GHDk6h8PMWY8-WCWNnL0zUfv1dftuEmox7f1sn3WVGZM~78FgZfbpJLrmWuseIxah91zBSYqX8aFa0zTYmXyT8B-EBi93S4U8uSDu5RadfACUadAeg5cngXRUMQaU9G2oifsIz5VQFVb84BHHq~LtrvMKoGpNnzguxE~3MzyXZLGCO0L2JhuaaBanUF1Btg3~Ef1q1KXRt0kvZcLlrzPF39oPjFX1d7zwdGivFqkJmRVNva0uXXP9oJ7bsD2JqyPtZhrzUdo41HoqwyC-pi6-P6Vw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Lackawanna County Salary Board voted to create a director position for the Office of Youth and Family Services and set the salary at $130,000 during its meeting.

County officials said the position is required by a settlement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that restored the office\u0000\u0000\u0000's full license. The presenter said the position must be created and filled within 45 days of the signed agreement or \"the agreement will be null and void.\" The board approved the motion by voice vote.

The presenter told the board staff researched salaries for class 3 counties and found an average of $132,043; the new position was recommended at $130,000. The presenter said the county\u0000share of the salary will be $26,000 and that the position will be paid 80 percent by the state. A county staff member confirmed that without creating the position, \"the settlement with the state to receive our full license just simply won't happen.\" Commissioner Schulz agreed with that assessment.

Board members made the motion and seconded it; the motion passed by voice vote with the ayes prevailing. No roll-call vote or individual tallies were recorded in the publicly available transcript.

The action implements a term of the Nov. 27 settlement referenced in the meeting and carries a near-term implementation deadline (45 days) that county officials said is tied directly to maintaining the office\u0000\u0000\u0000's license. The transcript did not specify who will be responsible for recruiting or appointing the director, nor did it give an effective hire date.

The salary board approved the measure as part of a broader set of 2025 salary approvals for county offices.","Lackawanna County\u0000salary board approved creating a director position for the Office of Youth and Family Services at $130,000 to satisfy a settlement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; the county\u0000share was stated as $26,000 and the state will cover 80 percent.","actionData","errors"]

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