In personnel moves Wednesday at a Schuylkill County commissioners work session, the public learned that Clerk III Angela Malusky resigned from the Clerk of Courts office as of July 22.

Clerk of Courts Maria T. Casey asked to eliminate that position and create two part-time clerk III jobs as of Aug. 15. The Salary Board tabled the request at her request.

In other personnel actions:

• Courtney Miller of West Penn Township was promoted to Deputy Sheriff as of Aug. 15. She was previously a Secretary I. She’ll earn $18.88 an hour. She’ll go through six months of training.

Sheriff Joseph G. Groody said he’s having trouble finding employees due to the low wages.

“I’m desperate. I can’t get anybody to work for these salaries,” he said.

Hess said the situation needs to remedied. “This becomes an issue when we can’t get deputies,” he said. “We need to address this in the very near future.”

In addition to their other work, the deputies guard the public entrance to the courthouse.

• Angela Walters, Shenandoah, was hired by the Public Defender’s office as a part-time Secretary I beginning Aug. 6. She will be paid $12.48 an hour.

• Two employees in the Register of Wills office will receive raises.

Clerks Devin Quinn, Wayne Township, and Marcy Bohm Honicker, Pottsville, will earn $15.51 an hour.

• In the Election Bureau, Kathleen Gillespie, Pottsville, was promoted from Clerk I to Clerk II. She’ll earn $14.97 an hour.

• In the Domestic Relations Office, Secretary I Alexandria Donton, Schuylkill Haven, was given a raise to $16.20 an hour.