Working to end domestic violence
WAYNESBURG – Greene County commissioners proclaimed October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month during their meeting Thursday.
According to information provided by Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern Pennsylvania, the Greene, Fayette and Washington offices last year responded to 1,719 domestic violence-related hotline calls; provided services to 2,173 new victims, children and significant others; gave 592 victims and children 9,185 nights of shelter; and offered 15,091 hours of counseling to all victims, children and significant others.
“The key to stopping domestic violence is to bring abuse out from behind closed doors and into the public eye,” said Cheryl McCready, Greene County satellite office coordinator for Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern Pennsylvania. “That’s done through awareness,and telling people domestic violence is not okay and that there’s a place to go for help.”
McCready presented the commissioners with purple bracelets and purple ribbons, the color of domestic violence awareness.
The commissioners also awarded a $560,375 contract to Donegal Construction Corp.,of Greensburg, to replace a bridge in Morris Township that was damaged when it was struck by a tri-axle truck.
Other bidders for the project included Horizon Construction Group, Sandy Lake, $657,500; Marricco Construction Co., McMurray, $624,327; C.H.&D. Enterprises , Inc., New Stanton, $604,094; and Carmen Paliotta Contracting, South Park, $583,500.
In other business, the commissioners:
• Approved a right-of-way agreement with West Penn Power Co. at the site where the new kitchen at the Greene County Jail is being built.
• Approved a contract with Resource Technologies Corp. to provide specialty valuation services, consulting, appraisal, assessment assistance and negotiations.