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Reno County HR flags near-30% turnover and outlines benefits strategies to retain staff
Summary
Human Resources director Helen Foster reported a 2025 turnover rate of 29.99% (highest back to 2011), explained safety-committee work and vendor reviews, and introduced Rick Bynes of USI who described benefits programs that produced cost savings and employee advantages; commissioners requested de-identified examples of vendor savings.
Helen Foster, Reno County Human Resources director, told commissioners the county’s turnover rate for 2025 was 29.99 — the highest rate she could find back to 2011 — and described short-term and longer-term strategies to address retention and safety.
Foster said the HR office completed a departmental restructure after two staff losses, launched a safety committee to review near-miss reports and…
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