The final signature has not occurred yet but the Geary County Commission has voted to approve the Chamber of Commerce master agreement.

Florence Whitebread, Commission Chair, said once it is signed by the city and county commissions it must go to the Attorney general for approval.

There were some minor changes in the agreement, explained Whitebread. “With one of them it said about the CVB and county employees that only the two original when the agreement was written they are still county employees. So anybody new joining them will be Chamber employees. That was one of them, and there were several others, just minor wording.”

There had been some concern and a call for discussion on the part of county commissioners Florence Whitebread and Larry Hicks on whether a consolidated chamber should continue, or whether the agencies under the chamber umbrella should operate separately. But those issues were reviewed and the consolidated chamber will continue to operate.