Carbon County is making some changes to some summer positions to better maintain them under the county pay scales.

Last week, the board of commissioners approved actions on 12 lifeguard positions. Six positions are lifeguards who are returning for the upcoming summer season at Mauch Chunk Lake.

The changes include increasing six new lifeguard positions from $11 per hour to $11.16 per hour; three lifeguard positions to $11.49 per hour; one position to $11.83 per hour; one position to $12.19 per hour and one to $12.55 per hour; while also removing the designation of adding 25 cents per hour for each year of service if applicable.

Commissioners’ Chairman Wayne Nothstein said they were just moving the positions to fit with the rest of the county pay scale.

In addition to lifeguard positions being put on the pay scale, the county also approved the change of rate of three part-time seasonal park maintenance, one temporary park attendant and one park attendant positions from $11 per hour to $11.16 per hour.

On the liquid fuels summer program, three summer supervisor positions were changed from $14 per hour to $14.08 per hour; and 12 summer laborers and one summer coordinator were changed from $11 to $11.16 per hour.

Other actions

The county salary board also acted on the following motions:

• District attorney: Change the rate of one office administrator from $16.30 per hour to $16.78 per hour; change the rate of one legal secretary II from $15.43 per hour to $15.89 per hour; change the rate of one legal secretary I from $12.68 per hour to $13.06 per hour, all effective April 6; and change the rate of one clerical specialist from $11.16 per hour to $11.49 per hour, effective May 4.

• Public defender: Establish the position of one temporary full-time chief public defender trainee at $90,000 per year, effective April 1.

• Sheriff: Abolish the positions of two part-time security officers at $11.38 per hour; establish the positions of two special deputy sheriffs at $15.26 per hour; establish the positions of two special deputy sheriff trainees at $14.53 per hour, all effective April 1.

• Buildings and grounds: Change the rate of three summer laborers from $11 per hour to $11.16 per hour and remove the designation of the designation of adding 25 cents per hour for each year of service if applicable, effective April 1.

• Corrections: Change the rate of one assistant site coordinator from $18.19 per hour to $18.73 per hour, effective April 20.

• AFSCME Residual Union maintenance department: Establish the position of one cleaning person at the prevailing union rate, effective April 1; establish the position of one maintenance II (trainee) at the prevailing union rate, effective April 1 through May 7.