Officials to interview candidates for fiscal post

& lt;a href=mailto:cioffi@vindy.com & gt;By LAURE CIOFFI & lt;/a & gt;
VINDICATOR NEW CASTLE BUREAU
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Lawrence County officials can now start interviewing some of the more than 25 applicants for a newly created fiscal administrator position.
The county salary board formally agreed to create the position during its meeting Tuesday morning. The job will pay $35,000 to $40,000 annually.
County Controller Maryann Reiter voted against creating the position, contending the controller's office is the county's fiscal department.
But the three county commissioners, Dan Vogler, Steve Craig and Ed Fosnaught, disagreed. They believe Charleen Micco, the county's chief clerk/administrator, needs someone to help her with daily fiscal duties and help develop yearly budgets.
Vogler said the county has been running advertisements in newspapers for the job and will now start interviewing the qualified candidates.
He said he hopes to have someone hired in the next six to eight weeks.
Also approved
The county salary board, which consists of the commissioners, controller and the elected official whose office is affected, also approved the following:
UCreated a full-time community outreach coordinator for the district attorney's office. The $18,000-per-year job will be paid for from a Project Safe Neighborhood grant. The job will terminate when the grant ends.
UCreated a temporary full-time position in the county treasurer's office to fill in for an employee who is on leave. Salary was not available.
UCreated a temporary full-time position for the county controller's office for an employee on maternity leave. Salary was not available.