HOLLIDAYSBURG Blair County leaders have settled on 2% cost-of-living raises for non-union workers, effective July 8. The Blair County Salary Board, consis
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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.
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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.