Council approves FlexShare benefit plan for employees

Employees of the Town of Pine Bluffs will be able to add a flexible spending account to their list of benefits during the current open enrollment period. Town council members unanimously approved the plan, contingent on participation of no less than 25 percent of the town’s employees.

The FlexShare plan allows employees to bank pre-tax paycheck dollars which can be used toward medical, dental and eye and hearing expense, prescription drugs procedures, services and therapies, as well as licensed daycare expense.

Town Treasurer Kim Patterson stated that employees who participate in the plan will...