The Carbon County Commissioners and Carbon County Salary Board approved a number of personnel actions Thursday.

During the commissioners' meeting, the board acted on the following personnel moves:Retirement• Kathleen A. Kenderish of Jim Thorpe, collection clerk II/Bureau of Collections, Clerk of Courts, effective Oct. 3.• Madeline T. Ligenza of Jim Thorpe, director/Bureau of Collections, Clerk of Courts, effective Sept. 12.Resignations• Matthew D. Harleman of Lehighton, part-time automation clerk, Prothonotary's office, effective July 25.• Marykate Sherkness of Tresckow, lifeguard, Mauch Chunk Lake Park, effective Aug. 9.Employment separation• Michael S. Melber, Jim Thorpe, deputy sheriff, Sheriff's office, effective Aug. 6.The county salary board, which the commissioners sit on, then acted on the following salary items.District attorney• Establish the position of one legal secretary II trainee at $11.81 per hour, effective Aug. 7.Prothonotary• Establish the position of one automation clerk at $10.21 per hour, effective Aug. 7.• Abolish the positions of two part-time automation clerks at $9.26 per hour, effective Aug. 7.• Abolish the position of one temporary clerk at $8 per hour, effective Aug. 7.Public defender• Change the salary of one first assistant public defender from $48,279.07 per year to $43,166.56 per year, effective Aug. 7.Sheriff• Change the rate of one deputy sheriff from $13.54 per hour to $12.40 per hour, effective Aug. 7.Area Agency on Aging• Establish the position of one aging care manager supervisor II at $36,426 per year, effective Aug. 7.