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Bucks County Receives Over 200 Resumes for Human Resource Director Job

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Tom Sofield

The hunt to find a new Bucks County human resource director is coming to a close.

A view of the current county courthouse and administrative offices i Doylestown. Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
A view of the current county courthouse and administrative offices i Doylestown.
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com

Tuesday was the final day for job applicants to submit their paperwork to the county. County spokesperson Juliet Kelchner over 200 people applied for the job.

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Commissioner Chairman Robert Loughery said a recent public event that officials will evaluate all the applications before making a hire.

Former Bucks County HR Director Meredith Dolan resigned in July after a grand jury found her department botched some of their duties and cost taxpayers roughly $500,000.

Dolan was hired to the job in 2009 and she was paid $82,000 at the time, according to a county release.

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County officials have said changes have since been made to the department to improve it. Officials have also looked at how other counties handle their HR departments.

The HR department consists of eight full-time employees and one part-time worker. The office handles $41 million in insurance coverage for county employees and their dependents.

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Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.