Butler County chief clerk Amy Wilson no longer faces the possibility of criminal charges for allegedly getting paid hours not worked.

District Attorney Richard Goldinger said in an interview no crime was committed.

“We don’t see a prosecutable crime by anybody,” Goldinger said. “It’s a personnel matter.”

The allegations will be forwarded to the county human resources department.

Wilson deferred commenting until she received official notification of Goldinger’s decision.

Commissioner Jim Eckstein, who initially filed the complaint, was disappointed.

“I’d disagree (or) I wouldn’t have filed it with the attorney general’s office in the first place,” Eckstein said. “It’s his decision, not mine. It’s not unexpected.”

Eckstein last month sent documentation to the state about Wilson’s alleged abuse of compensatory time while she was administrative assistant to Commissioner Dale Pinkerton between 2008 and 2011.

According to Eckstein, Wilson worked over nine months accumulating negative compensatory time — taking time off without having earned those extra hours.

The state kicked the case back down the county district attorney’s office.

Pinkerton said Eckstein’s complaint has no merit.

“There’s absolutely nothing to it,” Pinkerton said.

According to the documentation submitted as evidence of negative compensatory time, Wilson was paid for attending a political Republican dinner, a charitable walkathon, writing a speech for a nonprofit organization, travel time to a workshop at State College and working at a fair.

Eckstein also questioned Wilson’s participation in the Leadership Butler County program as paid time.

However, the county’s practice is to pay an employee to attend the Leadership classes as a way to enhance one’s skills.

Eckstein said he doesn’t oppose the Leadership program, but the participation of county staff should only occur after the commissioners vote to do so.

Pinkerton stressed anything Wilson attended was county-related and approved.

“I tried to give her more knowledge about the county,” he said.

Now that Wilson was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing, an internal complaint she filed against Eckstein earlier this month can move forward.

According to a photocopy of a June 10 e-mail, county human resources director Lori Altman informed Wilson her formal complaint of retaliation must be postponed until the criminal investigation is complete.

Altman and Wilson declined to comment on the e-mail, which was marked as confidential.

After Wilson was informed Eckstein filed the complaint, she requested an internal investigation into the commissioner for apparent retaliation to a prior complaint.

Eckstein said the new complaint against him is unwarranted.

“It just shows the pattern of what they do to deflect blame,” he said.

Wilson also is accused of providing conflicting time sheet information as part of open records requests.

Pinkerton and Commissioner Bill McCarrier also declined to comment on Wilson’s complaint.

Eckstein said this is the second time Wilson has filed a complaint against him.

County officials, including Eckstein, previously did not identify who filed that 2012 sexual discrimination complaint, citing personnel issues.

Wilson’s first complaint was filed after a discussion Eckstein had with Wilson following a county prison board meeting in December 2012.

Eckstein bristled when Wilson told him he shouldn’t discuss certain information during public meetings.

He maintains she was out of line trying to stop him from exposing issues facing the county.

The county in January 2013 hired the Pittsburgh firm Thomas, Thomas & Hafer to investigate the discrimination complaint, which cited other incidents leading up to the prison board meeting.

The subsequent 12-page report indicated there was no evidence of sexual discrimination.

However, the report stated Eckstein’s treatment of the employee was “undesirable” and “out of place in an office setting.”

Eckstein maintains the report exonerated him. He said the firm’s comment that his behavior could result in legal action is subjective.

Wilson was the second person to allege sexual discrimination by Eckstein.

Joyce Ainsworth, director of county Children and Youth Services, filed a 2012 complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Ainsworth alleged Eckstein mistreated her during the Feb. 29, 2012, commissioners meeting.

The commissioners in December 2012 settled that case by agreeing to attend a training session covering such topics as bullying in the workplace and issuing a statement of support for Ainsworth.

Although Eckstein did not agree to all terms of the settlement, he did attend the training.

Eckstein last year also faced a hostile work environment complaint by a CYS employee.

McCarrier subsequently sent Eckstein, who called that complaint an attempt to score “brownie points,” a written reprimand.