Carbon County officials approved a number of board and personnel actions at their weekly meeting Thursday.

Approved were the appointments of Fred Bresswein of Lehighton, Frank Jacobs of Nesquehoning and Jesse Walck of Summit Hill to the Carbon County Planning Commission for four-year terms.

In other action, the board approved the retirement of William E. McDonald of New Ringgold as the first assistant district attorney; accepted the resignation of Stacey Q. Grant of Albrightsville as case aide in the Area Agency on Aging; hired Pamela S. Hughes of Summit Hill as a part-time community health nurse in the Aging office; and hired Joshua J. Jacobs of Nesquehoning as a part-time dispatcher at the Communications Center.