HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Reno County Commission approved all the items on its agenda, including a request from Reno County Solid Waste for the purchase of a 2019 Caterpillar dozer from Foley Equipment for a cost of $835,539.

The commission also gave direction to county staff on where they want to go with a modification to their economic development job incentive policy.

That would include dropping the number of full-time jobs created from 10 to 5. However, at the five job level, the company would only receive 80 percent of the amount that is normally given by the county as an incentive to companies creating jobs in the county.

The way it is now, the county pays $500 for any company the creates 10 jobs at $15 per hour, $1,000 for any job created that pays $18 and $1,500 for any new jobs with a base wage of $21. That will not change.

The wording for the new policy should come before the commission in a couple of weeks.