New Hire, Raises Highlight Martinsburg Borough Meeting

After an closed-door session during its November meeting, Martinsburg Borough Council voted to hire Amy Hockenberry as a full-time clerk for the borough at $19 an hour for 90 days. After this probationary period, the salary will be bumped to $20 an hour.

This conversation led to discussing raises for the part-time patrolmen and part-time laborer.

“The full-time employees had a raise in the middle of the year,” Police Chief Kerry Hoover said. “We don’t expect another one. I don’t want to overlook him [the part-time patrolman].”

The council agreed that a raise to from $20 to $25 an hour was appr...