RICHMOND, Ind. Wayne County was about 25 years ahead of its time when it began a combined 911 system during the 1990s.
Indiana now requires combined county 911 systems, and Matthew Cain, the director of Wayne County s Emergency Management Agency and Emergency Communications Center, said he s seen contemporaries struggle with the change. Previously, individual agencies would dispatch their own calls. We were ahead of our time, Cain said Monday night during a presentation to Richmond Common Council where he explained more about the county s 911 system and the city-county partnership.
Wayne County and Richmond both contribute money to the 911 system, with the city s share budgeted at $520,882.06 for 2021. Common Council approved the interlocal agreement for that money March 1.
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Nurses at St. Mary Medical Center in Middletown ratified their first union-won contract Saturday, a pact that calls for an 18% increase in pay over five years.
The nearly 800 nurses went on a short strike in November after more than a year of negotiations failed to deliver an accord with Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic, the owner of the 371-bed hospital, the largest in Bucks and its main trauma center.
The new contract ratified by 96% of the nurses meets several of their demands, including safe staffing, better wages, fair and transparent policies, and a continued voice in issues such as scheduling and grievance procedures. It was negotiated under the leadership of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, the union which St. Mary nurses joined last year.
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