NORTH PROVIDENCE – Maria Vallee is still part of a town employee union.

In early June, Human Resources Director Josh Hernandez told The Breeze for a story that the issue of whether Finance Director Vallee and two other employees stayed in the union had to be resolved sooner rather than later.

Weeks later, Town Council President Dino Autiello was quoted as saying he had no interested in signing a new agreement being presented to the council where Vallee and the two other department heads, DPW Director Bernie Salvatore and Communications Director Ralph Nahigian, would be allowed to remain in their top positions indefinitely while also retaining their union status.

An agreement drafted by labor attorney Vincent Ragosta and presented to the council at the time stated that the town has had

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