Greene board appoints six to panels
WAYNESBURG – The Greene County Salary Board appointed six people to two auxiliary assessment appeals boards Thursday, though they have already been working in that capacity for two weeks. The salary board created the positions some time ago, at the request of chief assessor H. John Frazier, now that the appeals process is under way for the countywide property reassessment. The boards will be in place until the reassessment is complete Nov. 15.
Jane Baker, Robert Andrew, Gertrude Busti, Valerie Gapen, Barbara Stowinsky and William Yarish are serving on the boards. Frazier said the boards will handle mainly residential appeals, while a third board may still be formed to hear commercial and industrial property appeals.
Each board member will be paid $14 an hour, and Frazier said he has been pleased with the members’ work to date.
In another matter, the county will begin looking for a new recreation director, after the board accepted the resignation of Jamie Scott, effective Aug. 8. In the interim, parks and pools director J. Allen Blaker will serve as acting recreation director, and the board approved a $2,500 increase to his salary to compensate him for the extra duties.
The board also granted three-month family and medical leaves to Tina Clutter and Michelle Howard in the human services department, hired Heidi Mason as a temporary receptionist and transferred Jodi Giocondi from the commissioners unit to the position of temporary human services administrative assistant.
Mason will be paid $6 an hour, while Giocondi will make $7 an hour, as approved by the board.
Also in human services, the board approved the reinstatement of Ross Smith, program specialist, effective Aug. 6.
Smith had been on military leave and will return on a part-time basis.
Finally, the board approved the transfer of county detective Lucas Kiger to the position of juvenile probation officer, effective Sept. 3. Kiger will fill a vacancy in the department but will start at the entry salary of $20,000.
Charles Morrow, Keith Marilungo and William Krider were hired as casual corrections officers at the Greene County Prison and will be paid $60 a day for their as-needed work.