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Adair County Supervisors pass Wind Farm hearing & consultation resolution

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October 28th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The Adair County Board of Supervisors Wednesday (this) morning, passed a Resolution setting the dates of a consultation and a public hearing on a proposed amendment for the Northwest Wind Farm Urban Renewal Plan. Adair County Auditor Mandy Berg says amendment covers a number of legal issues.

The Public Hearing will be held Nov. 25th. Berg says there are 341 new turbines set to put built in that area of the County. She said also Adair County Recorder Janelle Schneider spoke with the Board about a Bulk Images Agreement.

The Supervisors gave their blessing to proceed with the agreement. Schneider had mentioned to the Board the County was one of the last in the State to sign-off on the agreement.

And, the Adair County Supervisors heard from Sheriff Jeff Vandewater, with regard to the County’s Emergency Communications radios. Berg says a communications project the County began a while back involved getting new radios for all the different entities in the County, and but the State wants to know who will assume ownership of those radios, should one of the entities back out of their maintenance and use contract.

She said the Board agreed the radios should become property of the County in that situation.