North Huntingdon is expected to vote Wednesday at the commissioners meeting to raise the pay of most of its department heads by 3%, with two of the newer leaders getting 5% raises.
The salaries proposed for 2026 were based on employee evaluations, township Manager Harry Faulk told the commissioners this week at the board’s workshop meeting.
The commissioners also are expected to approve a salary scale at the meeting.
The following administrators are projected to receive 3% pay raises for 2026, bringing their salaries to the listed figures:
• Faulk, $131,325
• Ryan Fonzi, assistant manager, $105,060
• Kody Grabiak, engineer technician, $81,318
• Robert Robinson, senior project engineer, $75.83 per hour
• Mark Cypher, zoning officer and building inspector, $72,100
The part-time seasonal employees next year will be paid $15 per hour.
Public works director John Hochlinski, who was promoted to the director’s position in December 2024, will receive a 5% raise to $89,250. Hochlinski was hired in December 2024 to replace Richard Albert, who retired.
Lydia Kinkaid, parks and recreation coordinator, will receive a 5% raise that will boost her salary to $66,402. She replaced Daniel Miller, who resigned in June 2024 as director of the department.
The commissioners will not vote on setting the salaries of the police chief or community development director.
The township plans to hire a new police chief next year to replace Robert Rizzo, whose retirement after 35 years on the force is effective Jan. 2. The commissioners are expected to name an acting chief on Wednesday.
North Huntingdon has advertised for a new community development director to replace Joshua Andrykovitch, who resigned in November.
Among the salary scales the commissioners are expected to approve Wednesday for administrative staff are chief of police, whose salary could range from $124,611 to $168,591. The community development director’s position would have a salary range of $72,250 to $97,750, the same as the public works director.
Faulk said the salary scale for the two vacant administrative positions gives him some flexibility in salary negotiations with prospective candidates for those jobs.
