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Salaries are set for Schuylkill officials

Schuylkill County commissioners on Thursday set salaries for its elected officials. Any increases won't happen until the Consumer Price Index is released in September, and won't take affect until January 2016. Then any increases will be capped at 3 percent.

These are the current salaries. They're set from Jan. 1, 2016, through Dec. 31, 2019, because state law bars elected officials from changing salaries while they are in office:Treasurer Jacqueline McGovern, elected in 1996; Sheriff Joseph Groody, elected in 2008; Prothonotary David Dutcavich, elected in 2012; Controller Christy Joy, elected in 2012; Clerk of Courts Thomas Campion, appointed in September; and Recorder of Deeds Ann Dudish, appointed in September: $54,364.Register of Wills/Clerk of Orphans Court Theresa Santai-Gaffney, elected in 2012: $59,422.Coroner David Moylan, elected in 2012: $42,895.Commissioners George F. Halcovage and Gary J. Hess, both elected in 2012: $58,155.Commissioners Chairman Frank J. Staudenmeier, elected in 2002: $60,684.District Attorney Christine Holman, elected 2012, earns $172,791. Her salary is set by the state.