The Carbon County Commissioners acted on or acknowledged several employment changes in various departments during the month of November.

It is noted that no positions were new, but were all previously established positions, with vacancies due to someone leaving county service. Carbon County continues to remain on a hiring freeze for new positions.

Nov. 6

Prison board appointment: Dawson J. Billig of Germansville, part-time corrections officer, effective Nov. 3.

• Hires: Christopher W. Andreoni of Weatherly, part-time K-9 officer, animal shelter, effective Nov. 7; Darryl L. Cunfer of Summit Hill, operations/maintenance director, buildings and grounds, effective Nov. 17; Laurie L. Huselton of Jim Thorpe, part-time clerk, archives, effective Nov. 12; Daniel R. Keiser and Megan L. Veen, both of Lehighton, 911 operators, effective Nov. 17 and 10 respectively.

• Courts resignations: Aimee L. Shank of Weissport, secretary I, Jim Thorpe district judge, effective Nov. 14.

• Courts appointments: Robert J. Cazonie of Minersville, probation officer I; and Tracy M. Stewart of Lehighton, specialist I, both juvenile court, effective Nov. 10.

• Courts change of status: Chloe M. Copertino of Milford, from county caseworker I, children and youth, to probation officer I, juvenile court, effective Nov. 3; Colin T. Frost of Allentown, from probation officer I pretrial services to probation officer I, adult probation, effective Aug. 1; and Kelsey D. Massar of Tamaqua, from probation officer I, juvenile court, to domestic relations officer I, effective Nov. 3.

• District attorney change of status: Nicholas W. Rosahac of Jim Thorpe, from temporary part-time legal intern to full-time assistant district attorney 2, effective Oct. 27.

Nov. 20

• Prison board appointment: Jason A. Merkel of Palmerton, part-time corrections officer, effective Nov. 17.

• Employment separations: Bret A. Badellino of Lansford, part-time K-9 officer, effective Nov. 10; Brandon L. Brown of Nesquehoning, part-time corrections officer, effective Oct. 23; Alexis M. Merkel of Palmerton and Daniel C. Lisella, both part-time licensing clerks, treasurer, effective Nov. 13.

• Hires: Brandon J. Gombert of Beaver Meadows, part-time K-9 officer, effective Nov. 21; and Christine Powers of Albrightsville, voter registration specialist trainee, election department, effective Nov. 24.

• Courts employment separation: Tracy M. Stewart of Lehighton, specialist I, juvenile court, effective Nov. 12.

• Recorder of deeds change of status: Shelly A. Kurdziel of Lehighton, from acting first deputy to second deputy; and Margaret A. Boswell of Jim Thorpe, from acting second deputy to coordinator of records/indexer, both effective Nov. 13.