The organization is shocked and saddened. Cindy is a very popular county manager with the employees.

I really view this as a positive event for this company and the 9,000 employees we have.

It's our feeling that we already offer a broad range of good opportunities for savings for our employees.

Various options are available to employees. There are 2,100 (ISU) members and the package is being mailed to all of them. We're urging all our members to read the information very carefully.

This is an issue that we are very concerned about. We have approximately 340 of our employees laid off at this time. As a laid-off employee who is receiving unemployment benefits and looking for another job, the last thing they need is rising insurance bills.

We want to recognize the importance of our employees.