CHAMBERSBURG – Every year the Franklin County Commission holds a reorganization meeting to determine which commissioner sits on which board, approve schedules, salaries and personnel, and appoint community members to various boards.. This year, the changes were few.
Still in his first term in office, former Marine and Franklin County native Dean Horst was reappointed chairman of the board. John Flannery, serving his second term on the commission, was reappointed as vice chair. Robert Ziobrowski, serving his fifth term, was reappointed as the secretary.
The commission voted on its 2026 meeting schedule, with regular meetings to be held each Wednesday at 10 a.m. (excepting the Aug. 5 meeting, which will be held Aug. 6, and the meeting which would fall on Veteran’s Day Nov. 11, which will instead be held Tuesday, Nov. 10). Evening meetings will be held quarterly on the third Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in February, May, August and November.
Salaries for employees and elected officials, personnel rosters, policies for travel reimbursement, recruitment, credit card payments and the tax return days of tax duplicates were approved. Business hours of 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. will remain unchanged.
The commissioners also appointed the following officials:
Chief clerk – Carrie Gray
Chief assessor -Lesa Stouffer
Veterans affairs director – Joshua Curry
Chief public defender – Casey Bogner
County solicitor – Black and Davidson P.C.
Assistant county solicitor – Hannah Herman-Snyder
Mental health, intellectual & developmental disabilities and early intervention administrator – Stacey Brookens
