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The County Commissioners called the Salary Board meeting to order promptly at 9:00 am.

A 10th, part-time corrections officer was created by the commissioners for the Susquehanna County Correctional Facility, as recommended by the Prison Board. The position will pay $11.75 per hour and will receive benefits pertaining to the Prison Bargaining Unit Contract. A motion was made by Commissioner Warren and seconded by Commissioner Giangrieco; motion passed unanimously.

The Commissioners also decided to eliminate one 2nd Deputy, Clerk of Courts position and to also create one 2nd Deputy, in the Prothonotary’s office. The motion was made by Commissioner Giangrieco and seconded by Commissioner Warren.

In a stunning display of naked political power and breath-taking bravado a single-minded majority on the county's Retirement Board figuratively pummeled and steamrolled County Treasurer Kathy Benedict. Without discussion, without explanation, without comment, County Commissioners Alan Hall, Michael Giangrieco, and Mary Ann Warren, along with Chief Clerk Sylvia Beamer, outvoted Treasurer Benedict at every turn. In so doing, they ensured the installation of a new team of firms to act as advisor, trustee, and custodian of the county’s pension funds.

Retirement Board Chairman Alan Hall opened the specially-called meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, August 3. The special meeting had been called to take official action on agenda items tabled at the July 11 Retirement Board meeting. At that previous meeting Treasurer Benedict raised a plethora of troubling questions about the Board's plans for a change in pension stewardship. The August 3 meeting was also in response to Treasurer Benedict's request at the July 25 County Commissioners' meeting for an immediate same-day Retirement Board meeting to settle issues tabled at the July 11 meeting. Treasurer Benedict's July 25 request for a same-day Retirement Board meeting had been met by a notably chilly reception and refusal. Commissioners, caught off-guard and unprepared by her unexpected request, stalled for time.

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