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The Westmoreland County Recorder of Deeds office at the courthouse in Greensburg will be closed Friday as technical staff work to complete a $90,000 computer system upgrade officials say will improve public access to property records.
The closure means the filing of deeds, mortgages and all other documents will be halted at 4 p.m. Thursday and not resume until 8:30 a.m. May 3, Recorder of Deeds Frank Schiefer said.
“In addition to cleaning up the public access site and giving it a fresh, cleaner look, this new system will allow us to pursue other projects in the near future. Those include expanding the types of documents that we can receive and record electronically and also a fraud alert system that will be available to the public,” Schiefer said.
Westmoreland County Prothonotary Christina O’Brien will not seek a fourth term in office.
O’Brien, 54, a Democrat from Ligonier Township, said ongoing health issues prevent her from participating in another campaign and serving four more years as the head of the county office that oversees all civil and domestic court filings.
“I’m a fighter, but I’m not physically able to do it,” O’Brien said.
She was diagnosed more than two decades ago with the autoimmune disease lupus and, over the years, worked through bouts of the illness. Since March, O’Brien has worked from home because of the additional risks to her health caused by a potential exposure to the coronavirus.
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Westmoreland County Recorder of Deeds Frank Schiefer takes his oath of office during the swearing in ceremony at the Westmoreland County Courthouse in Greensburg, on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019.
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Westmoreland County commissioners are expected to settle a federal lawsuit filed earlier this year by a former employee claiming she was fired by new Republican Recorder of Deeds Frank Schiefer after he took office in January.
The $27,500 settlement includes no admission of wrongdoing, officials said Wednesday.
The lawsuit was filed by former office supervisor Alida Patterson, 34, of Latrobe, a employee in the Recorder of Deeds Office since 2015. She was fired by Schiefer, the incoming office holder, on his first day on the job.