The Carbon County commissioners approved the following personnel actions in the county during the month of November:

Hire• Gregory A. Cook, Jim Thorpe, county caseworker I, Children and Youth Services, effective Nov. 9.Re-employment Consistent with Userra• Lewis M. Gullone, Lehighton, clerk, Tax Assessment, effective Nov. 9.Employment Separations• Thomas B. Berger Jr., Palmerton, collection driver, Solid Waste Management, effective Nov. 4.• James J. Harris, Mahanoy City, part-time corrections officer/Teamsters, Corrections, effective Nov. 14.Changes of Status• Renee G. Roberts, Palmerton, from assistant director, Tax Claim, to director, Tax Claim, effective Nov. 11.• Laura M. Turnbach, Summit Hill, from part-time dispatcher trainee, Communications Center, to part-time dispatcher, Communications Center, effective Nov. 9.Resignation• Sandra L. Waidell, Tamaqua, first-deputy, Register of Wills, effective Jan. 4, 2010.Register of Wills Appointment• Jessica D. Frohnheiser, Parryville, second deputy trainee, effective Dec. 1.Court Appointment• Linda J. Swartz, Palmerton, tipstaff, Court Administration, effective Dec. 1.Internship• Jessica Smith, Lehighton, Children and Youth Services, Penn State University human development and family studies major, from Jan. 11, 2010, to April 30, 2010.