CCMSD looks at benefits package

Soon after submitting a state grant application to provide hazard pay to staff who have served Crook County Medical Services District through the time of the pandemic, the attention of the board of trustees last week turned to the benefits package available to district employees.

With renewal time on hand for employees’ health insurance plans, CEO Micki Lyons informed the board that a survey had been sent out, looking at the compensation package as a whole. Board members acknowledged that the district is competing in the job marketplace in general, and also against larger facilities nearby, so...