(Greenfield, IA) – The Adair County Board of Supervisors, during their meeting this (Wednesday) morning, passed resolutions setting the speed limit on Adair-Union Street and Orange Avenue, as 35-miles per hour. The request came from County Engineer Nick Kauffman, and is with regard to the upcoming construction by MidAmerican Energy, of the Orient Energy Center (OEC) and paving of Adair-Union Street. MidAmerican spokesperson John Huff updated the Board on the project, and the replacement of the company’s wind turbines that were damaged or destroyed during the devastating 2024 tornado.

With regard to the OEC, Huff said things are moving along with work beginning in the next few weeks.

With regard to the turbine replacement project, Huff said a schedule will be coming out in a couple of weeks about “restarting” efforts that had faced delays.

He says they hope to have the towers erected by mid-July and August and back on-line as soon as possible. In other business, the Adair County Supervisors discussed an Ordinance on regulating data centers in Adair County. Supervisor Jodie Hoadley asked to have the matter added to the agenda, since there was an addendum to a rough draft of the ordinance that’s being proposed.

A proposed Resolution would establish a temporary moratorium on the development and operation of data centers, high-density computing and battery storage facilities. Here’s a portion of the proposed resolution, as read by Supervisor Hoadley…

The Board passed a temporary moratorium on such facilities until the board can studying them further and get a legal opinion on them.It does not put a restriction on current facilities under construction or planned for construction.