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The proposed renovation of the Memorial Opera House is further in doubt, with the Porter County Commissioners' plans to lease out the former sheriff's residence.
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Porter County Council members would like to use some of the county's opioid settlement money for a new police social worker.
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Funding has once again been pulled from the Memorial Opera House renovation and expansion.
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Porter County government employees are set to get significant pay raises next year. The 2023 budget adopted by the county council Tuesday includes raises ranging from a minimum of $4,000 to a maximum of 20 percent.
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Funding to upgrade the Memorial Opera House is apparently back in Porter County's plans for American Rescue Plan money.
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The Porter County E911 center is looking into ways to help dispatchers manage the stress of their job. E911 Director Debby Gunn says dispatchers can be thought of as the project managers of public safety.
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After months of work on Porter County's ARPA spending plan, the county council has only agreed to approve part of it. Council members voted six-to-one Tuesday to approve the appropriations recommended by the infrastructure and county COVID response subcommittees totaling over $10 million. But they held off on approving the almost $9 million requested for behavioral health and nonprofits.
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The Porter County Council is holding off on approving the county's ARPA spending plan. The county commissioners approved a plan for much of the county's $33 million share of federal American Rescue Plan money in early August, but it wasn't placed on last week's county council agenda.
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Porter County is seeing a big increase in what it's spending on autopsies. Coroner Cyndi Dykes says the number of autopsies increased by 10 percent in the first six months of the year, followed by 23 autopsies in July and August.
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A new wage study has found that many Porter County government employees are underpaid.