Today, Northampton County Council will conduct what you might call a confirmation hearing for eight members of Executive Lamont McClure's cabinet. (You can read about them here.) Tomorrow night, Council will vote on the nominations. Five yes votes are needed to conform a cabinet appointment.
In addition to confirming the appointments, Council must approve the salaries. They are as follows:
Director of Administration, Charles Dertinger - $93,626
County Solicitor, Melissa (Missy) Rudas. - $63,124 (part-time)
Fiscal Affairs, Steve Barron. - $93,626
Human Services, Sue Wandalowski. - $93,626
Human Resources, Elizabeth Kelly. - $101,832
Public Works, Michael Emili. - $93,626
Community and Economic Development, Tina Smith. - $85,393
Public Defender. Nuria DiLuzio. - $62,972 (part-time)
McClure has names Richard Johnson as Acting Sheriff. Contrary to the practice of several previous county executives, McClure is asking Council to approve this appointment as well as Johnson's $85,393 salary. Johnson is a LT in the Sheriff's Department.
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018
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Even Dirtinger? Maybe the republicans will look into this.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great list, never before has a County Executive been able to get it together so fast and have this on the first meeting of the month. Kudos to McClure and his transition team.
ReplyDeleteNow we wait to see what kind of political games that the Republicans play
This is how a transition should be handled. Hit the ground running! Step One, completed. Step Two, in the bag. Step Three, watch the left over Brown supporters try to sabotage the new regime. Just like the federal government and their voter base.
ReplyDeletePoised? They should be doing backflips and tri-axels.
ReplyDeleteLow salaries for dept heads? 93k for human services? What kind of person are they getting?
ReplyDeleteYou get what you pay for. Dertinger, like McClure, is taking at least a 50% pay cut.
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