Iola City Administrator Carl Slaugh has been playing the middle man between Iola Fire Department workers and Allen County Emergency personnel in efforts to smooth out any wrinkles in the EMS merger between the two entities.
“We’ve got to make accommodations,” Slaugh said. “There are still a lot of issues to work out.”
He said he has discussed multiple topics with both sides. Concerns include the difference of pay scales between the city and county, work shifts (the city works a 24-hour shift, the county a 48-hour…
