In 2008, the county manager was paid $70,000 annually and was under contract for two years. Now, the current county manager is paid $120,000 and has hired a full-time human resources manager at $70,000 to “relieve him of some of the work load” with a total cost $190,000. The probate judge could handle the county manager’s job and save the county money in legal costs, as well, but the County Manager could not do the job of the probate judge because the county manager lacks the education and knowledge to do so.

You have a very knowledgeable probate judge who cares about the people of York County. Now, he has asked the commissioner to fund more than two days per week due to the mounting case load due to population growth in the county. They have refused. Their response is to “suck it up.”

County commissioners are paid the equivalent of $258,667 annually for their three-hour, bi-weekly duties to the county. The position of county commissioner does not require either education or experience whereas the position of probate judge requires a law degree.

Nancy Auclair
Former York County treasurer

Editor’s note: York County has five county commissioners. Four are paid $9,489, annually, and the chairman earns $9,976.