A proposal to fire Schuylkill County Tax Claim Director Angela Toomey and Assistant Director Denise McGinley-Gerchak for using sophisticated county search software to look up personal information on elected officials and others collapsed Wednesday when all three commissioners voted a three-way split.

Commissioners Chairman Barron L. Hetherington voted yes; Commissioner Gary J. Hess voted no; and Commissioner George F. Halcovage Jr. abstained due to a conflict of interest.

In a related move, commissioners voted 2-1, with Hess dissenting, to authorize spending up to $277,894 to notify 9,146 people whose information may have been compromised in the searches and provide them with one or two years’ credit monitoring.

- Chris Parker