Amy Wilson

A sex discrimination complaint filed against Butler County has been amended to include the former chief clerk being replaced last year.

According to the amended complaint filed by former chief clerk Amy Wilson with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the county commissioners discharged her effective Jan. 4, 2016, by saying she would not be reappointed.

The commissioners either reappoint the chief clerk, the top county administrator, or name a new one at the start of a new term every four years.

Wilson, 56, of Center Township was named chief clerk in late 2013 following a nearly six-year stint as former Commissioner Dale Pinkerton's administrative assistant.

The complaint states the commissioners told Wilson they did not see a role for her in their administration. The current commissioners — Leslie Osche, board chairman, Kim Geyer and Kevin Boozel — began their tenure in 2016.

According to the complaint, “I specifically inquired as to whether the termination was performance-based but received no feedback that it was.”

Although Wilson amended her complaint last year, the EEOC only recently notified the county about its nature.

If the EEOC finds evidence of gender discrimination, it would sue the county on Wilson's behalf. If the EEOC finds no evidence of discrimination, Wilson would have the option of suing the county at her own expense.

The complaint points out neither the interim chief clerk, Jerry Patterson, who began in 2016, and the permanent replacement, Scott Andrejchak, hired later in the year had any experience as a county manager.

Patterson was the former manager for Butler Township and Andrejchak previously was the Sharon manager.

Wilson was appointed to replace longtime chief clerk Bill O'Donnell, who retired before being elected the Slippery Rock district judge.

A full story will appear in Sunday's Butler Eagle.