The board of the Malheur County Development Corp. meets in Nyssa in May 2022 to discuss the Treasure Valley Reload Center. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL)

Rail board wants to keep Smith, double his compensation for the next year

by Pat Caldwell and Les Zaitz on July 5, 2022

Pat Caldwell and Les Zaitz Author

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Greg Smith’s pay would more than double for managing the Nyssa reload project while dropping his duties as Malheur County economic development director under a plan presented to county officials last week.

Smith is currently paid $6,000 a month by Malheur County to lead the Treasure Valley Reload Center. That would jump to $15,000 a month under the latest plan to retain him, proposed with no explanation for the . . .

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