HUTCHINSON, Kan. — They were verbally put in place during the fires, but on Tuesday the Reno County Commission will make two disaster declarations formal during agenda session.
The declarations allowed for the use of resources to help fight the three wildfires that erupted east of Hutchinson over the past 10 days.
Those resources included mutual aid and the use of the Kansas Forest Service aerial tanker to help with the Albright fire.
Also Tuesday, the board will go over a fiber lease agreement with Ideatek and the purchase of five new portable litter catch fences for the landfill at a cost of $43,240. All are part of the consent agenda.
The board will also hear the yearly update from emergency management and take action to raise the reimbursement rate cost to house state parole violators.
Tuesday’s meeting of the Reno County Commission begins at 9 a.m. at the Reno County annex.
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