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LaSalle County committee approves hiring permanent part‑time 9‑1‑1 dispatchers to curb overtime
Summary
The LaSalle County Public Safety Committee voted to allow the 9‑1‑1 director to hire permanent part‑time dispatchers after hearing testimony that overtime was rising because of time‑off patterns among full‑time staff.
LaSalle County’s Public Safety Committee voted to permit the 9‑1‑1 director to hire permanent part‑time dispatchers after the director told the committee the office is struggling to cover shifts and pay rising overtime. The committee approved the request by voice vote after a brief discussion.
Diana Stiles, the county 9‑1‑1 director, told the committee she had already spoken with the union president and that the union “is on board” with hiring permanent part‑time staff. “We are finding that we are running into a lot of time off, with the more senior people,” Stiles said, describing a recent period when 30 shifts (240 hours) of…
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