Park Board talks employee pay at Beaver Creek Park

The Hill County Park Board held it’s monthly meeting Monday evening where members discussed, among other things, finding a way to reimburse employees for the substantial commute to and from their jobs, an issue Beaver Creek Park Superintendent Chad Edgar said is damaging his ability to hire.

See more on Monday’s Park Board meeting in Wednesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News.

Edgar said it is very difficult to compete in the local job market when they pay what they do for a job that requires a 20 mile minimum drive every day.

Beyond the concern of getting new employees, he said, it’s also a...