Cole Commissioner Hoelscher on county staff pay and benefits

How do you keep good people in public safety jobs? Cole County Eastern Commissioner Jeff Hoelscher says they’re discussing a more attractive insurance package to sweeten the deal for current and future staffers …

Hoelscher adds they did approve a plan to pay jailers an hour’s salary if they’re on call and give them overtime pay if they’re called in to work. The Cole County Jail has a number of vacant positions.