At their October 21st meeting, the Walworth County Commission, acting as the Planning Zoning Board, held a public hearing on a variance request by B B Recycling for a reduced setback and reduced minimum acre lot size for a steel building and scrap yard west of the junction of Highways 12 83.  Af ter discussion, which included positive input from one of the adjacent land owners, the Commission agreed on six acres and a two hundred foot setback from the highway right-of-way on the conditions that B B Recycling builds an 8 foot by 10 foot solid wall fence on the north, east, and west sides, and acquires waivers from all adjacent land owners before construction begins. Highway For the Highway Department the Commissioners approved the starting salary for Secretary  Hannah Hirsch. Landfill Commissioner Duane Mohr had the monthly report from the Landfill, and the board approved a raise for Landfill employee Jeremy Huber. Sheriff The Commissioners were emailed the September reports from Walworth County Sheriff Josh Boll’s office.   They also approved two new Transport Correctional Officers – Kyle Beier is part-time and Zane Morrison is full-time.   Also at the meeting, the board approved rescinding several property tax abatements. ...read more read less