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EBENSBURG â The Cambria County commissioners voted late Tuesday to set county elected officialsâ salaries for the years 2024 through 2027 and to establish the countyâs compensation for local tax collectors in 2022.
The elected officials â president commissioner, commissioners, treasurer, controller, recorder of deeds, prothonotary, clerk of courts, sheriff, coroner and register of wills/clerk of the orphansâ court â are each slated to receive a 2% raise each year from 2024 to 2027, according to the resolution approved by the commissioners.
That would fix the salaries:
⢠for the president commissioner at $75,397.73 in 2024, $76,905.68 in 2025, $78,443.79 in 2026 and $80,012.67 in 2027;
⢠for each of the other two commissioners at $72,256.10 in 2024, $73,701.22 in 2025, $75,175.24 in 2026 and $76,678.74 in 2027;