Sep 27, 2021

Board of County Commissioners to pass moratorium on wind Tuesday

Posted Sep 27, 2021 10:34 AM

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Board of County Commissioners will officially adopt the resolution putting a moratorium on wind development in the county as part of its meeting on Tuesday.

Commissioners expressed their intent to hold off on the issue at their meeting September 14th, but the official language was not worked out yet.

Also on the agenda, Karla Nichols, Director of Public Health and Seth Dewey, Substance Misuse Health Educator for the Reno County Health Department will be present for the signing of a proclamation for September as National Recovery month.

Reno County District Attorney Tom Stanton will provide his annual update to the Commission.

HR Director Helen Foster will also bring the idea of making the floating holiday for county employees that has been on Christmas Eve in recent years set permanently to that date for 2022 and beyond.

The commission will also receive the regular report from County Administrator Randy Partington and provide their own comments.

The Board of County Commissioners will meet in the Reno County Annex Conference Room Tuesday at 9 a.m.