An earlier version of this story had the wrong district number for Mark Reese. Hutch Post regrets the error.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — With the Dec. 27 Board of County Commissioners meeting being canceled, the year will end without an update on the fire resolution following the Cottonwood Complex fire in March.
The resolution was on the agenda earlier this month, but was put off and put on the consent agenda for a future meeting so that commissioner Ron Hirst could go through the process of signing up for a burn permit before voting on the resolution.
For his part, Reno County Emergency Management Director Adam Weishaar is not concerned that the new makeup of the board will have any effect at all on the resolution, as he had a chance to speak with the incoming commissioners and they did not express any concerns.
There will be three new commissioners on the board at its organizational meeting Jan. 9, the ones from the newly created districts, Mark Reese and Don Bogner, and Ron Sellers replacement in District 1, Randy Parks. Daniel Friesen and Hirst remain on the commission and are in the middle of their terms.
All five commissioners set to serve in 2023 are Republicans.
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