Non-qualified retirement plan common 20 years ago

Dear Editor,

A quick note to the good people of Phillips County about the monthly retirement check I get from Phillips County Hospital that ended up on the front page of the PC News last week.

When I came to Malta 20 years ago, the hospital did not have an employee retirement plan at all. The hospital management company (Lutheran Health Systems) I worked for before coming to Malta had one.

When I took the job in Malta, I asked the board to consider setting up a small retirement plan for me. The board did that -- public decision, open meeting (nothing mysterious, behind-closed-doors or improper...