By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Two members of the Board of County Commissioners are hoping to get more input from the unzoned areas of the county on what regulation they'd like to see in their areas.
"I personally don't see any reason why we can't solicit input from the non-zoned rural residents in Reno County as to what their interest is in being zoned," Friesen said. "It would certainly be a factor in some of the ongoing discussions we're having related to unzoned areas of potential wind development and so forth."
Friesen cited a Hutch Post article from earlier this week in prefacing his comments. Commissioner Ron Hirst said there are already some ideas being considered that he's going to work on with administrator Randy Partington and Mark Vonachen with the planning department.
"Administrator Randy and I have already had some conversations regarding some pre-things regarding the possibility of reaching out to those zoned areas and I think he has a really good idea. We will be visiting with Mark about, and putting together, some pre-information in the form of a video."
The commissioners didn't specify what information would be in the video until they have Vonachen's input.