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kstephens@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG Efforts to write Blair County’s first compensation policy have stretched over six meetings as of Thursday, with no action yet scheduled on salary study recommendations for non-union employees. The salary board, comprised of Commissioners Bruce Erb, Laura Burke, Amy Webster and Controller A.C. Stickel, has been convening special meetings almost weekly since Feb. 18. That’s when the board backed away from addressing non-union pay changes recommended in the salary study, pending development of a compensation policy. The policy, when finished, is expected to address matters such as how the county determines starting pay, pay ranges, raises and changes in pay due to job changes. ....
kstephens@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG More than 20,000 Blair County residents have received at least one COVID-19 vaccination, county Director of Public Safety Mark Taylor told commissioners Tuesday. With vaccination clinics ongoing and more planned in the future, Taylor said he’s pleased with the county’s progress. “All in all, it’s good news on the vaccine front,” he said. Six weeks ago, Taylor reported daily complaints that he and others were fielding from county residents frustrated by the inability to secure vaccinations. At that same time, Commissioners Bruce Erb and Amy Webster were critical of the state for its role in what was a very slow distribution of vaccines. Even though the state Department of Health posted a website map of locations where COVID-19 vaccinations were to be available or become available, many people were directed to put their names on a wait list. ....
kstephens@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG Blair County President Judge Elizabeth Doyle has called upon the salary board to minimize the delay of enacting non-union pay raises recommended in a recent study. In commenting Thursday during a salary board meeting to work on the county’s first compensation policy, Doyle said she joins Commissioner Laura Burke in urging the board to enact recommended non-union raises retroactive to the beginning of 2021. “To delay,” the judge said, “increases the likelihood that we will lose more good employees and brings to mind the phrase, ‘Justice delayed is justice denied. ” Doyle’s reference to the loss of employees was based on recent resignations by adult parole and probation officers. ....
HOLLIDAYSBURG Blair County’s current and future commissioners will be expected to annually increase contributions to the county’s underfunded pension fu ....