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

Retirement• Mary P. Zeleznock, Weatherly, clerk, Tax Assessment, effective Feb. 3.Resignations• Jody L. Searfoss, Weatherly, temporary clerk, Recorder of Deeds, effective Jan. 8.• Darren A. Rodgers, Jim Thorpe, summer automation clerk, Prothonotary, effective Jan. 7.• Jarad M. Yeastedt, Jim Thorpe, part-time dispatcher, Communications Center, effective Dec. 31, 2009.• Deirdre Harris, Lehighton, part-time collection clerk, Clerk of Courts/Bureau of Collections, effective Dec. 31, 2009.• Timothy A. Benyo, Breinigsville, director, Elections, effective Jan. 29.• Casey L. Bachert, Lehighton, part-time automation clerk, Clerk of Courts/Bureau of Collections, effective Jan. 15.Changes of status• Deborah J. Gigliotti, Summit Hill, from second deputy, Register of Wills, to first deputy, Register of Wills, effective Jan. 5.• Jessica D. Frohnheiser, Parryville, from second deputy trainee, Register of Wills, to second deputy, Register of Wills, effective Jan. 5.• David E. Midas, Weatherly, from sergeant, Sheriff's Office, to lieutenant, Sheriff's Office, retroactive to Jan. 1.• Joseph D. Perilli, Summit Hill, from assistant public defender, Public Defender and Solicitor, Treasurer; to full-time assistant public defender, retroactive to Jan. 1.• Joseph D. Shupp, Palmerton, from special deputy sheriff, Sheriff's Office, to deputy sheriff, Sheriff's Office, effective Jan. 11.Court Internship• Patrick Matsinko, Lehighton, history major, Kutztown University, from Jan. 18, to April 30.EmploymentSeparations• Holly M. Deem, New Ringgold, nurse aide, Weatherwood, effective Jan. 14.• Debra L. Goodhile, Lehighton, part-time corrections officer, Corrections, effective Jan. 27.• Natasha L. Rutman, Coaldale, part-time corrections officer, Corrections, effective Jan. 27.• Trevor Snyder, Jim Thorpe, part-time corrections officer/Teamsters, Corrections, effective Jan. 27.Treasurer'sAppointment• Michael J. Garfield, Summit Hill, solicitor, effective Jan. 25.