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A public comment questioning a Bottlebrush Solar payment obligation has since spurred a response from the Pulaski County Community Development Commission (CDC). The comment was made at a Pulaski County Council meeting on June 8 by Connie Ehrlich. Ehrlich had stated at the meeting that Invenergy...
Invenergy requested an amendment to their economic development agreement (EDA) with the county during a Pulaski County Commissioners and Pulaski County Council joint session on June 8. David Clifford, Senior Associate at Invenergy and lead developer of the Bottlebrush Solar project, presented the...
Back in April, several proposed text amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) were tabled by the county commissioners. The matter was revisited at a regular meeting on June 1. Before discussion started, Attorney Jacob Ahler gave the commissioners an update on where they are currently...
The Pulaski County Advisory Plan Commission (APC) had recently recommended a 12 month moratorium on commercial solar energy systems (CSES) with a 6-0 vote. However, on Monday, May 4, the commissioners voted down the moratorium request with a 2-1 vote. The county currently has moratoriums on data...
Many items were covered in the four hour Pulaski County Commissioners meeting on Monday, April 6. One of these items included extending Pulaski County's Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) moratorium for another six months. The initial Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) moratorium was briefly...
The temperature turned up at a routine Pulaski County Commissioners meeting on March 2, as residents voiced their opinions on solar projects and expressed feelings of being unheard by their local government. The conversation started with Commissioner Jennifer Knebel's presentation on county solar...
A trespassing concern was brought to both the Pulaski County Commissioners and the Pulaski County Council on Jan. 5 and Jan. 12. At the Jan. 5 commissioners meeting, Sherry Fagner, of Winamac, stated that for the second documented time solar employees have trespassed on a property owned by her...
The Pulaski County Commissioners reviewed and ultimately approved the resolution to authorize the execution of the Mammoth Grazing Lands and Pastures economic development agreement (EDA) on Dec. 15. The requested tax abatement for the project was approved by the county council on Dec. 1. Attorney...
Indiana Secretary of Energy and Natural Resources Suzanne Jaworowski visited Pulaski County on October 8 to take a tour of the Mammoth Solar construction sites and attend a private luncheon at Meadow Springs Manor in Francesville to hear residents' concerns regarding renewable energy in Indiana....
The meeting room at the Pulaski County Courthouse was packed for the public hearing on a confirmatory resolution for a tax abatement on the proposed Mammoth Grazing Lands and Pastures Project. The hearing was held on the evening of Oct. 7. Pulaski County Community Development Commission (CDC)...