Luzerne County Manager Romilda Crocamo has nominated county grants writer Michele Sparich to oversee the county’s operational services division, according to the County Council agenda posted Friday.

Council confirmation of the manager’s nominees is required for the eight division head positions. Council is set to vote on the nomination on Monday.

Crocamo is recommending a salary of $98,800 annually, the agenda said.

The operational services division head oversees engineering, roads and bridges, planning and zoning, 911, emergency management, buildings and grounds, the boiler plant, and solid waste management.

The position is open because Jennifer Pecora left at the start of the year to accept employment outside county government.

Sparich had served as acting operational division head

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