Greeley City Council changed qualifications for new and expanding businesses to recieve tax and fee waivers

new businesses and existing ones creating jobs will have to pay full-time employees the Weld average wage to qualify for the fee waiver. For the second quarter of 2006 — the most recent data filed with the Colorado Department of Labor — the average wage in Weld was $649 per week. That is approximately $34,268 per year.