Employees to receive incentive

Sweetwater County’s full-time employees will have something extra to be thankful for this Thanksgiving since the commissioners approved a one-time incentive.

The commissioners voted Tuesday morning to allow full-time employees the option to choose between a one-time incentive of $1,000, or a one-time incentive of $500 and two paid floating holidays.

The vote passed in a 4-1 vote, commissioners Randy Wendling, Reid West, Don Van Matre and John Kolb voted in favor, while Commissioner Wally Johnson voted against the motion.

Chairman West said the reason the commissioners are even looking at...