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Ordinance Proposal That Would Have Stopped Wind Farms Fails At County Board Meeting

 

The Christian County Board struck down a motion for an ordinance tonight that would have essentially ended the wind farm discussion in the county.  At the September 9th, Highway, Building, Grounds, Environmental Committee meeting, the committee along with committee head Phil Schneider drafted an ordinance that would put wind towers back at least 2,640 feet from the property line. The wind farm companies have stated that they would not be able to work with anything much farther than 1500 feet. This motion was brought in front of the county board at Tuesday evening’s County Board Room which was packed with people. Before the committee voted on it Madam Chairwoman Becky Edwards made sure everyone was aware of what they were voting on. Edwards wanted to say something as a county board member and not as Chairwoman.

 

 

Edwards continued saying that as Chairwoman she was working hard to get help in the matter and highlighting what her plan was moving forward.

 

 

The motion was voted on for the setbacks and Phil Schneider voted yes. Matt Wells voted no. Brian Wilbur voted no. Molly Alaria voted yes. Timothy Carlson voted no. Craig Corzine voted yes. Linda Curtin voted no. Charles DeClerck voted yes. Becky Edwards voted no. Donna Hibbets voted no. Ray Koonce voted no.    Dale Livingston voted no.  Mike McClure voted no. Vicki McMahon voted no. Venise McWard voted yes. Clark Pearce voted no.  The motion failed 5-11 and was met by a resounding round of applause in the board room, which was filled with plenty of people wearing “Yes” stickers with the Yes in the form of a windmill. Ray Koonce explained why he voted no and his frustration of it going back to the committee.

 

 

The wind farm ordinance will head back to the committee to be reworked.

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