The Luzerne County Board of Elections will choose a new chairperson this week â which might end the recent turnover among county election officials.
The selection will follow public interviews of three citizens who applied for the chairperson position, at a special meeting of the board at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
County council appoints four of the five members of the election board, which certifies the results of county elections. Council appoints two members from each of the major political parties, as stipulated by the county charter.
Those four members then appoint a fifth member, of any political affiliation, to serve as chairperson.
Luzerne County Council declared the position of county district attorney vacant on Tuesday, after longtime District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis filed to run for a seat on the county court of common pleas.
The county charter requires council to declare a vacancy if a district attorney files a nominating petition for another office, said Councilwoman Linda McClosky Houck, who proposed a resolution to declare the seat vacant.
Council voted 6-3 to approve the resolution.
Tim McGinley, Robert Schnee, Sheila Saidman, LeeAnn McDermott, Harry Haas and Houck voted yes.
Stephen J. Urban, Walter Griffith and Kendra Radle voted no.
Chris Perry and Matthew Vough abstained. Perry said his son-in-law is an assistant district attorney, while Voughâs father is county President Judge Michael T. Vough.
An inside look at Medical Center Barbourâs COVID-19 vaccine clinic
An inside look at Medical Center Barbourâs COVID-19 vaccine clinic By Katie Kamin | January 20, 2021 at 5:23 PM EST - Updated January 20 at 7:07 PM
EUFAULA, Ala. (WTVM) - The state of Alabama is now in phase 1B of its COVID-19 vaccine distribution, and more hospitals across the state are administering that vaccine, including Medical Center Barbour in Eufaula.
Hospital officials said about 40 people per day are receiving Modernaâs coronavirus vaccine at the hospitalâs vaccine clinic.
âWe have administered 80 so far,â said Missy Thomas, Medical Center Barbourâs chief nursing officer. âWe received 500 in the first batch, and we already have the other 420 scheduled to give in the next few weeks.â