Luzerne County Council voted 7-4 Tuesday to approve an employment agreement with county Manager Romilda Crocamo.

The agreement will start Jan. 1 and run through 2029.

It guarantees Crocamo one year’s compensation and medical benefits as severance if council decides to terminate her employment as manager “without good cause or for no cause whatsoever.”

Crocamo will receive $181,501 in 2026, which is $1 more than the compensation that had been paid to prior county manager Randy Robertson.

If the annual evaluation of the manager performed by council yields a score of 80% or greater, Crocamo also would receive a minimum 2.5% pay increase at the start of 2027, 2028 and 2029.

Crocamo was hired at $160,000 in May 2023 and received $175,000 annually in 2024 and this year.

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