[0:00] so we'd like to put two hand washing
sinks in the health department and put
[0:05] wood linal planking in three of the
offices um two of the offices will be
[0:11] patient rooms we're going to start doing
um uh do doing blood draws for um TB
[0:19] testing STD testing um and lead testing
um we H right now we have no nashing at
[0:29] all
okay so to run the plumbing it's going
[0:32] to be pretty intense to have that done
so we're asking to use $15,000 of some
[0:38] old grant money to have all the work
done you
[0:44] work yes and
um they're they're looking we
[0:51] haven't we haven't got a quote yet for
the labor um but it's going to be a big
[0:57] job because there's no water at all on
that side of the building but the
[1:02] bathrooms are close so just GNA it's
going to be a lot in
[1:06] labor you do have money in your budget
to cover all this that's already
[1:11] allocated gr
money okay and just to let you guys know
[1:18] last year um they approved us to hire a
contracted um emergency preparedness
[1:25] person and that person will be Ken
gowell and they actually started in
[1:30] January so we're thankful I am very very
thankful
[1:38] so well you you don't have any sinks in
there currently do you in your health
[1:42] department
none yesun the water above the
[1:50] ceiling as well as the sewer on the
waste no schools no toilets no just
[2:04] okay I'll make a motion to approve uh
the spending for the health department
[2:08] for four and sinks two hand
sinks planking van planking wood
[2:16] approximately $155,000 you're taking it
from an old rant yes yes okay as well as
[2:23] the close that I'll second that those in
favor say I I motion passes thank you
[2:31] thank
you Tasha you're
[2:40] next good evening evening so what I've
got to talk about tonight Teresa does
[2:47] have the USDA grant that I had emailed
you guys to sign um I'm not sure with
[2:52] the county attorney if we're going to be
able to finish that tonight but um
[2:55] Teresa does have it in her hands to look
at for you guys to possibly sign today
[3:00] um that was for the ambulance that we
just received be their reimbursement
[3:04] from the USDA grant that we received
full amount it's the full amount in what
[3:10] they agreed initially we can't get any
more than what they initially agreed on
[3:14] what was that
[3:22] amount
[3:26] 33424 thank you
[3:31] did also want to talk about the
ambulances and status you guys did ask
[3:36] me to email that report were you able to
review that I did not no I I received it
[3:42] and then I don't think no you said that
today last night yes yeah yep re so
[3:49] thank we got locked out of our
accounts did you get lock that doesn't
[3:54] surprise me um essentially what has
happened is that ambulance that did need
[3:59] repair we have found the parts so that
will be able to be repaired at this time
[4:04] um going forward with the new quotes the
lowest that I've received is for a
[4:07] remount quote other than that a lot of
them are not prepared at this time so I
[4:12] will show you those documents and I will
be emailing you money many
[4:17] more the last thing that I have for
today is to discuss a new phone line for
[4:22] EMS specifically it would be a recorded
line for our transfer service to make
[4:28] sure that I can review and do all the
quality control to make sure that our
[4:32] staff and the hospital staff are
communicating effectively at this time
[4:36] when they do call if no one is at the
base due to being on a 911 call it
[4:40] actually goes to my voicemail so if I
don't catch it then the hospital is
[4:45] wondering why we didn't call them back
so I want to make sure that we have a
[4:48] designated transfer line um from what I
understand they have two lines available
[4:54] Teresa did want me to bring this forward
in front of the two of you to talk about
[4:59] Natasha before you took over you worked
for the service so how did that work
[5:04] before it works as it currently works
now um they call the winimac base so if
[5:10] no one's at the winac base due to being
on a transfer or being out on a 911 call
[5:15] it just goes to my voicemail or the
director's voicemail so that
[5:19] Francisville line doesn't ring so I
would like to make sure that we have a
[5:22] designated transfer phone line that way
when that specific phone number Rings
[5:27] they know it is for a transfer that way
my myself and or our captains can answer
[5:31] knowing that it is in regards to a
transfer that needs to go
[5:41] out anything else no that's it for me
thank you you like motion
[5:49] theha was the USDA gr approved
[5:57] prior yeah I will make a motion to
approve the phone line for Ems for
[6:01] transfer calls I'll second that those in
favor say I I I thank you and just for a
[6:09] public comment the USDA Grant was worked
on by the last set of Commissioners
[6:13] however somebody did retire from the
USDA so it has now fallen to this set of
[6:18] Commissioners so thank you okay thank
you
[6:31] yeah um just updates on Industrial solar
battery energy
[6:36] storage um and I had a a meeting that I
wanted to briefly discuss um first of
[6:42] all on the on the issue of battery
energy storage systems um I'm seeing
[6:48] some more conversation happen in the
county which is a huge plus and I'm just
[6:52] going to I won't call you out but we had
a resident who sent an email to all the
[6:56] Commissioners in regards to battery
energy storage Sy system and I just want
[7:00] to recognize that we do have people in
our community um that we can call on
[7:05] which is great when we start discussing
these large scale battery energy storage
[7:10] systems um and I think it's
a I would love to see the community work
[7:16] together uh in addition with the
Commissioners to bring a lot of this
[7:19] information so that we can really lay it
out of the table and we've got some
[7:23] expertise so that's a positive sign keep
keep emailing keep letting us know where
[7:27] your areas of expertise are please
um I had a
[7:32] meeting last week with uh Senator Jim
Banks's Regional director um in Indiana
[7:39] it was a good meeting he came up or came
over from Fort Wayne to tour uh White
[7:45] County um what's going on with renewable
energies there and then he came went to
[7:49] Jasper County had someone there take him
around and show him everything and then
[7:53] ended up well he started in palasky
County but because we didn't have
[7:57] anything to show at the time uh we just
had a conver ation so um he he did say
[8:03] you know he had never seen um solar on
such a scale as what he saw in white and
[8:08] Jasper uh the density of the solar was
um concerning to him um he did say banks
[8:14] at this time is not a supporter of large
scale industrial solar uh we talked a
[8:19] little bit about property taxes that
came up uh at our last meeting and and
[8:24] he did say I said what do you see
happening with that he said well because
[8:27] of the jump during Co with our property
values everything skyrocketed and it it
[8:31] just a lot of people were alarmed so he
said what he believes is going to happen
[8:36] and he's one person but coming from
Senator Banks's office um he said he
[8:41] believes the property taxes will
continue to slowly increase they will
[8:45] make sure that it slowly increases there
will be a a limit and that eventually
[8:50] there may be a cap on those but he did
not see those being reduced which again
[8:55] it's one person but it was good to to
talk to him on that he was concerned you
[9:00] know he did say communities are built by
people it's people that make communities
[9:04] and that if all of this is laid down it
is a concern for the county that we are
[9:08] losing people because people bring the
money in um and I of course you know I
[9:13] agree with that as well uh and he did
say it would be a huge net cost to the
[9:18] state as well
um project updates and and I've just
[9:24] learned tonight I've not gotten any
updates on um industrial solar in the
[9:29] count and what's currently going on I
was concerned because I got a call a few
[9:34] days ago in the morning and um one of
the companies had trespassed onto a
[9:40] person's property that was not involved
in the solar project and of course that
[9:46] led to calling the sheriff's department
and having somebody come out from there
[9:50] so I'm concerned at this point um I
don't know when these projects are
[9:54] starting I'm seen a little bit and Don
you may be able to speak to that a
[9:58] little bit more more but but if they are
happening and I know we have Jenny
[10:03] Monroe is she here
tonight Jenny Monroe is with vs and
[10:07] she's supposed to be kind of the liaison
Communicator uh between the solar
[10:12] companies and um us as Commissioners and
then we are to delegate to her or let
[10:18] her know what what we expect Don and I
have already you know right before the
[10:22] meeting um I just mentioned he mentioned
that he had spoken with her and we do
[10:27] need to set up and we will be setting up
some type of communication line for the
[10:31] people in the county we need something
for um the buses whether the county
[10:35] needs to know when these large um gravel
trucks start rolling in where are
[10:41] they're going to be if we've got a fog
delay and as a superintendent I know you
[10:44] understand that um if we have a fog
delay and we have all these gravel
[10:48] trucks running up and down these County
Roads we've got some serious security
[10:52] and safety issues for the public so we
need some type of website or some type
[10:57] of communication to update the community
on where all of this is going what roads
[11:02] are going to be used and where we are in
the project so um I was hoping she'd be
[11:07] here to speak to that just a little bit
tonight but uh as well as a timeline for
[11:11] for the project
construction um tomorrow I will be
[11:16] attending the association of Indiana
counties a legislative conference to
[11:20] receive updates from our top Indiana
officials and I'll also be testing or
[11:24] testifying against House Bill
1628 if you have haven heard of House
[11:30] Bill 1628 I want to let you know what's
going on because you've got tonight uh
[11:35] to make your voices heard if House Bill
1628 is passed it would mean that a
[11:41] person wanting to locate or construct
any
[11:45] multi-jurisdictional
project does not need to obtain any
[11:49] local permits or zoning permissions from
local County authorities so basically
[11:56] these large renewable um Energy Systems
will be able to be built anywhere
[12:03] probably so long as they have permission
from a property
[12:06] owner I am a strong supporter of local
control and home rule um they've tried
[12:12] this a few years ago it did not pass um
but as more and more counties
[12:18] are setting limitations to the amount of
Renewables they want in their County um
[12:24] certain individuals are getting more
aggressive to try and just remove that
[12:28] home rule so that these can be cited
anywhere they want to put them so um if
[12:33] you would I I'm asking you to email um
and just give your side whether you're
[12:38] for it or against it let our state
legislators know and the people who are
[12:43] proposing this bill where you stand on
this because it would this could have
[12:47] major impacts on counties all across
Indiana and this would include um
[12:52] infrastructure gases so we're talking
probably the carbon sequestration
[12:57] electricity and water and in my opinion
would be an extreme overreach of our
[13:02] state government just as the federal the
state doesn't like the federal
[13:05] government telling them what to do um
local government really wants to keep
[13:10] the control at
home
[13:13] um finally you know we've all been
waiting to see where Trump stands on you
[13:17] know we know where he stands on wind um
he's recently made statements about
[13:22] industrial solar uh anybody that's had
at least one eye open since he took
[13:27] office I should should understand that
he's making changes at warp speed in the
[13:33] nation um and in issuing the order for
the Emergency declaration Trump did say
[13:38] the United States insufficient energy
production Transportation refining and
[13:44] generation constitutes an unusual and
extraordinary threat to our nation's
[13:49] economy National Security and foreign
policy he blamed the harmful
[13:54] shortsighted policies of the Biden
Administration and in defining what Con
[13:58] in defining constitutes energy he did
leave out two renewable forms wind and
[14:04] solar as a rural community whose economy
is heavily built on agriculture I think
[14:10] as Commissioners we should be very
careful where we're going to be putting
[14:14] the next batch of eggs because while
it's important to protect individual
[14:18] property rights we have an even greater
responsibility to protect our County
[14:22] first so I just wanted to update you on
that and that's all I have
[14:29] moving on with other business we've the
claims payroll one two and three I have
[14:36] reviewed those and I would make a motion
to approve those I will second those in
[14:41] favor say I
I minutes from the January 21st 2025
[14:50] regular
meeting I I've read over those as well
[14:55] um and I make a motion to approve the
minutes from the January 21st 2 meeting
[15:01] good I'll second that those in favor say
I
[15:06] I resolution
20253 designate signature uh signatory
[15:12] for Grant applications documents for
[15:26] high this resolu olution allows the
president of the board at the time at
[15:31] which Any Grant application is being
submitted shall be authorized to sign
[15:36] such such
applications and any related documents
[15:40] on behalf of the board in the event of
the president is incapacitated or
[15:44] otherwise absent from the meeting at
which the submission of a Grant
[15:48] application is approved the vice
president of the board shall be
[15:51] authorized to sign such application on
behalf of the board this is kind of a
[15:56] normal resolution but we've never had
one before so it will cover us for an
[16:01] extended period of
time I'll make a motion to approve the
[16:06] resolution I will second that motion
those in favor say I I I those oppose
[16:12] same
[16:21] sign next is a recommendation for
resolution 20254 approving work
[16:27] locations for soil water if federal
government shuts down last time our an
[16:33] individual came and requested that we
designate a spot after
[16:38] conversation um basically the employees
of the plasy county will be directed to
[16:43] work from the office in the plasy County
Highway
[16:47] garage I will make a motion to approve
the resolution for approving rck
[16:52] location for soil and water to the
County Garage should the federal
[16:54] government shut down I'll second that
those in favor say I I those
[17:01] opposed guess that would be zero so a
point of Al Bri fogal to plca County
[17:08] Economic Development commission which
was recommended to do
[17:13] that I'll recommend Al Ry fogal to be a
plasy County Economic Development on the
[17:20] economic development commission I will
second that motion those in favor say I
[17:26] I
I next we have approve and signed bonds
[17:30] for Corner Jennifer which would be
$30,000 and building inspector Carla for
[17:38] $115,000 I will make a motion to approve
and sign the bonds for Jennifer Johns
[17:42] and Carla redwick I'll second that in
favor say I I
[17:48] I conference request we have two
conference requests for auditor seler to
[17:55] the tax sales seminar in carel and
veterans Affairs Roy to attend the
[18:01] Northwest District quarterly training
I'll make a motion to approve both
[18:06] conferences I'll second the
motion I'll second that those in favor
[18:11] say I I
[18:16] I all next is discussion approved
prosecutors $5,000 claim for two FL C
[18:24] cameras through the Sheriff's Department
[18:29] what are
[18:35] cameras
[18:43] reest we have eight of them we have
agreement with the prosecutor's office
[18:47] that they will buy two of them which
makes T place around the camera theyy
[18:52] some places they go through stoic silver
alerts Amber Alerts all that kind of
[18:57] stuff so very well
they've uh we've actually caught people
[19:01] in CLC County that had warrants felonies
outside of the
[19:09] state good idea so I think it'd be a
very good investment for us
[19:15] continue I'll make a motion to approve
the um the two flock cameras for the
[19:20] sheriff's department I'll second that
those in favor say I
[19:24] I next is a Count Council RX
[19:31] okay so the reason they're wanting to
cancel the RX help and what had happened
[19:35] back years ago we had had when we had um
siga we did not have any help with um
[19:42] the County Employees did not have any
help with any when they had major bills
[19:46] for prescriptions so now that we're with
Anthem we do so and nobody's using this
[19:53] RXL but unfortunately it's costing the
county it's like $50 a person
[19:59] so we had had a meeting Don and I um
last week with um and actually with um
[20:07] epic our broker and they said that if
nobody's using it we might as well
[20:11] cancel that part of it because there's
actually already an RXL or it's called
[20:16] it's called
Caron and embedded in the anthem program
[20:21] so we don't need this RX help so um
we're just asking to go ahead and send
[20:25] them a letter telling them that we're
not going to pay them any more because
[20:29] they're not helping us
any yeah nobody so I'll make a motion to
[20:35] cancel the RX help all approve second
that motion those in favor say I I
[20:44] I couple items that I'd like to State
first of all our vs organization that
[20:49] was hired in December there was an
organization meeting uh that took place
[20:54] so they are uh they're talking with the
proper channels here in the County as
[20:59] well as those that have have permits and
working on that so vs is working um as
[21:05] time goes on things as that we get going
we have plans of putting some
[21:10] information on the website uh for public
to see the correspondents and what is
[21:16] going on with that it be more to
announce as time goes on with that as
[21:21] traca said we had health insurance
meeting uh with epic which is our
[21:26] insurance carrier through
Anthem April 1st is our renewal date
[21:33] they'll be putting uh bids prices out
finding out prices for us I think it's
[21:37] very important to know that we're fully
funded we're not self-insured we're
[21:41] fully funded uh and uh they'll be
putting some prices together for us
[21:47] they'll be looking back at what is
called the rolling 12 to see what kind
[21:50] of claims that we've had so they'll be
working on that there's also a
[21:55] technology meeting with rowing who we
contract with that was very helpful
[21:59] cyber security as we all know is a large
issue so the county has moved to a
[22:04] two-step
authentication uh program with that
[22:08] rowing also uh he stressed the
importance of our departments working
[22:13] with them to make sure the technology uh
that is purchased within our departments
[22:18] make they work with their specs and it
works within our uh our technology
[22:24] system in our County so we appreciate
rowing and explaining with that also we
[22:29] have several Verizon phones within and
technology and County that's ma managed
[22:35] through the Sheriff's Department because
they had the largest number uh we
[22:39] appreciate the efforts of the sheriff's
department uh going through that they
[22:42] were able to determin there was several
phones that were not being used and they
[22:48] were merging uh worked with the account
manager so I appreciate the sheriff's
[22:52] department so we've reduced some of our
costs through Verizon with that so thank
[22:56] you for the sheriff's department for
that
[23:00] so at this time uh we'll have an
opportunity for public comment we ask
[23:05] that you state your name residents we
ask for you to speak for uh two minutes
[23:10] or less and we ask that you only speak
once at this time is there anyone for
[23:15] public
comment step on up to the mic
[23:23] please L first sucker live in with ma
Indiana
[23:29] and um so I'm kind of wondering why in
in this commissioner's meeting we are
[23:37] listening to a particular Viewpoint
which is not shared by the whole County
[23:42] as far as solar goes and I'd also like
to know what permit was authorized for
[23:47] an industrial solar farm because as far
as I know they're only utility solar
[23:53] farms and um as far as Max engling goes
he worked policy for 6 months he's not a
[23:59] lifelong farmer he is not a landowner in
any project and his words of concerning
[24:05] perhaps that could be because he only
had information from a particular point
[24:11] of view and any questions he may or may
not have had went unanswered because the
[24:15] expert or someone who could answer it
wasn't there to help him discuss what is
[24:21] concerning and also the big thing even
on his own website he talks about um he
[24:30] doesn't like the fact that the federal
government was expanding in tall areas
[24:34] of life well isn't part of the
conservative view is that they don't
[24:38] want government in their business and
yet what solar J Jennifer wants is to do
[24:46] exactly that wants exactly oversight
into any
[24:51] landowners
um property rights and that is
[24:56] completely the opposite of what I
understand the Republican party to stand
[25:01] for and
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[25:05] um it is my belief this is personal but
it is my belief that regardless of the
[25:11] outcome unless it's exactly what
Jennifer and her Handler is not here
[25:18] want they're going to sue and the first
suit which Jennifer was a party to cost
[25:24] the county almost
$300,000 we want ambulances we want
[25:29] Services $200 to
$300,000 but there was a cost to it the
[25:34] county had to pay lawyer fees their name
was on it I have public documents to
[25:39] prove that and so it'll be yet another
problem and frankly you know this idea
[25:47] that we have to resisit it after 5 years
no we're not revisiting it because it's
[25:52] 5 years we're revisiting it simply
because je Jennifer was fortunate enough
[25:57] to be elected to the commissioner's
office and of those 29,000 or so or less
[26:03] or whatever Acres that have been um
appropriated for leases not solar Farms
[26:09] but leases not one of them is a
constituent that she represents and just
[26:16] want to keep it that way thank
[26:20] you anyone else for public
comments step up to the mic please
[26:38] hello my name is Dennis pop on talk so
you can hear me my name is Dennis Pop I
[26:44] live on the Northern side of the county
750 North 300 West
[26:50] and what I
see is that we have two teams here we
[26:56] have the anti- soers and we have the the
farmers are want property rights and so
[27:04] as you know as you know I was a referee
for many years if you would walk into a
[27:09] conversation with two referees
talking and one referee would say I will
[27:15] never let that team
win I will I'm going to call everything
[27:20] against I will never make calls for them
and the other ref says well I want to
[27:27] play a fair game
I ask you Jennifer it's like you're the
[27:32] one of the referees will you ever say
something good about property rights and
[27:37] solers so as as a
referee you wouldn't want to you
[27:42] wouldn't want to be a referee in your
job now is to be a referee but the two
[27:48] teams all of us are kind of standing on
what we believe those of us who are
[27:54] Landor and those of us who are against
solar and there's a lot of
[27:59] innuendo and there's some specific rules
when you
[28:04] referee do your best you can for both
sides for both teams because you
[28:09] represent both
teams but I don't mean anything personal
[28:13] but I've never seen anything that you
said for the other team it's always been
[28:21] the anti-
solar okay so this County wouldn't it be
[28:25] nice if you could come to a meeting
and we would be on the same page we'd
[28:31] live in unity and that's what I'm hoping
for I'm hoping for land rights I'm
[28:37] hoping for no
restrictions and I'm hoping that you can
[28:41] be the best referee you can be if not if
somebody heard me say that as an
[28:47] athletic director he'd say sir I don't
want you refering this game because you
[28:53] can't call fair for both
teams thank you
[28:58] thank
you anyone
[29:05] else Logan we plasy County Francisville
to be exact I'm a land owner on the
[29:11] other side of the team I guess as as
it's put land ownership is much larger
[29:15] than um how much you have even if you
have a half acre in town to uh 10,000
[29:20] acres in the country um I just want to
say that um you'll never hear uh Trump
[29:25] support Biden and his policies so
there's that being a referee is not what
[29:29] politics is about um it's about uh
representing the people first and
[29:33] foremost and understanding your
constituents how the county lies um
[29:38] Jenny you voiced your opinion on and you
don't have to answer these questions
[29:43] because I know that's not this time Jen
you voice your opinion on the house bill
[29:46] that's going to remove local legislation
Don if you're willing to answer this
[29:49] question can would you be willing to
answer how you feel about State Control
[29:54] uh taking County
Choice okay well I would ask that if if
[29:59] you are not opposed to that then the
question would be why um would you sit a
[30:03] commissioner's seat and be elected to do
and to make decisions for the county if
[30:06] you want to roll over and let those
things happen so that's all I have to
[30:10] say um we can't let the state government
tell us what we can do we know our
[30:14] demographics we know our population we
know what works in our County and what
[30:17] doesn't and we just can't we can't let
the state try to take that over
[30:21] everything's unique everything's
individual and I would just ask that you
[30:24] make that phone call if you haven't yet
um down to the state uh to oppose that
[30:29] cuz we can't let them out of
control thank
[30:42] you thanks for let us be here today my
name is Levi Messer and I live on the
[30:48] country on 300 close to
Francisville son silus Messer and um I'm
[30:55] going to go off my notes because I don't
want to get emotional and say something
[31:01] wrong but it's already been alluded to
there being two
[31:06] sides I think
it's that's been too much in plasy
[31:12] County it's been like that way too
long and personally I want to tell
[31:18] everyone in the room no matter where you
stand on any side on any issue that I
[31:26] love you and I I think I'm called by
Christ to love
[31:31] you and that goes for everyone in this
room it's strange to be in this room in
[31:36] a certain way
because I remember the first time I was
[31:40] in this room was for a 4 meeting and I
met several friends in this room and
[31:45] some are sitting back here behind
me and um fast forward a few years I
[31:52] turned 15 and we had a catastrophic
barnfire on our farm
[31:58] and some of those friends just behind me
here and several more that aren't here
[32:04] came and helped us build back that
part
[32:09] and that always meant so much to me and
epitomized what blasy county is and who
[32:17] we
are
[32:21] and I felt that way for several
[32:25] years and the current divisions seems to
counteract that feeling
[32:32] but why did they help us I believe they
had something written in their hearts
[32:37] was love thy neighbor as
[32:42] thyself fast forward a few more years it
was
[32:47] 2020 I now have a wife I now have
children I have a job my job says I have
[32:53] to move to St Louis Missouri to keep my
job
[32:59] I can't Alaska county is my
home I love where I live I love the
[33:06] people I love the people that help me
build my family build the waren
[33:12] back um I said no I'm thankful for the
job I have now we than the
[33:23] half the reason I stayed is
because I
[33:28] knew love thy neighbor as
thyself still part of who I was and who
[33:34] our County
was how far have we fallen from
[33:41] that do we still have love thy neighbor
written in our
[33:46] hearts I challenge everyone here
tonight when you lay in bed tonight open
[33:52] your heart and
look look inside do you still love your
[33:57] neighb
[34:03] everyone tonight I know
there's Commissioners are
[34:08] here um there's a lot of leaders here
tonight and I want to make a commitment
[34:15] I've already been doing this but I want
to tell you all that I want to be
[34:18] praying for you every
day and I want to share a Bible verse
[34:22] before I'm done
here he
[34:25] says this is apostle Paul talking to
Timothy I exhort therefore that first of
[34:31] all
supplications prayers intercessions and
[34:36] giving of thanks be made for all men for
kings and for all that are in
[34:42] Authority that we may lead a quiet and
Peaceable life in all godliness and
[34:50] honesty for this is good and acceptable
in the sight of God our savior who will
[34:55] have all men to be saved
and to come unto the knowledge of the
[35:00] truth but there is one God and one
mediator between God and Men the man
[35:05] Jesus Christ who gave himself a ransom
for all to be testified in due time I
[35:13] hope we can all look
[35:17] inside and know that we we do love our
neighbor and Silas wants to share
[35:24] something
[Music]
[35:32] what will my future look you may be
thinking what does a kid know about
[35:37] solar I'd like to think that my
perspective is considered respected and
[35:42] possibly even the most important because
what is happening now affects my
[35:47] future when my parents told me that one
day our home could be surrounded by
[35:52] solar panels couldn't believe it who
would want to grow up looking at solar
[35:58] panels i' say goodbye to the days
watching the beautiful Lush corn fields
[36:03] blowing in the wind matching my height
in stock size with my brothers I'd say
[36:10] goodbye to the farmer man waving as he
passed by taking one more round at
[36:15] Harvest
[36:18] time I'd say goodbye to the adventures
across the field to explore the money
[36:23] ditch with my
brother imagine it all knew to be
[36:28] replaced with large ugly black glass
filling our land with all kinds of
[36:33] chemicals in the rest of my childhood
robbed from me the thought makes me sad
[36:40] I can't imagine growing up in a place
like that I can't imagine staying here
[36:45] and raising my future family if solar
panels came to
[36:49] stay I may just be a simple homeschooled
country boy but I know one things for
[36:55] sure
what they call progress isn't always
[37:00] best in solar panels were not meant to
be
[37:04] here it's not the future that I want to
see for me or for plasy County and I'm
[37:10] going to do everything in my power to
help keep them away so I can grow up in
[37:16] a county that we all know and love thank
you thank you sence
[37:26] [Applause]
[37:38] others good evening um my name is darl
Goodman live about a mile away from here
[37:45] and um I spoke at the commissioner
meeting after the first of the year and
[37:48] I asked a few questions and I'm going to
ask that that same question at this time
[37:54] just to see and I am a
landowner and I am against solar so
[38:00] um I asked the Commissioners at that
meeting um where the solar FS were going
[38:06] to be located and if you would be
transparent to be able to give us maps
[38:10] of where those are going to be so that I
mean certain people want to plan what
[38:15] they're going to do in the county and I
think that would be a good idea do the
[38:19] other thing I asked was how many total
acres are signed up for solar in plasy
[38:25] county and not only that
is there a limit to the number of Acres
[38:30] that are going to be allowed to sign up
in blasy county and I feel if we don't
[38:36] know those answers why are we continuing
on to this it's not the Wild Wild West
[38:42] we ought to know we ought to know those
things um and I'm going to try to make
[38:47] this quick
guys um and this is something I want to
[38:52] do and maybe I can talk to Jenny or Don
after the meeting I'd like to go to her
[38:57] and I want to ask you have you guys
toured a large solar farm have you gone
[39:04] and seen it have you talk to the people
around the solar farm how that affects
[39:09] their and I want to do that I really
really want to do that what about the
[39:14] noise pollution I listened to I'm not
going to go into it very much but there
[39:18] are issues with noise pollution there
are issues with fire protection I know
[39:23] want I know Mike said well we're 20 20
mes or 20 minutes away from Gram Air
[39:29] Force Base that they can take care of
that well I know personally that um the
[39:35] fire chief of westl yet and they had a
they had a Tesla I mean he was telling
[39:40] me about it I don't know whether he
dealt with it but it took 30,000 gallons
[39:45] to put the Tesla out he says that's the
same amount that it takes us to put out
[39:50] a um a fire a house fire so there are
some ramifications here that we need to
[39:56] have answers to before we really go on
with some of these things
[40:01] um we need to do more
[40:06] research um another impact that I think
and I'm not going to go into it what
[40:11] about the wildlife when you fence all
this off and you're going to funnel all
[40:14] these Wildlife into certain areas what's
that effect going to be what's that
[40:18] going to be on the crop land what's that
going to be on um the wildlife
[40:23] themselves um and I had a an old
landlord and he um he he was on the west
[40:31] side of
39 and I used to love to talk to him
[40:35] because he knew the history of plazy
County starf County and I stayed up with
[40:40] him till 1:00 one night 10:00 other
nights because I loved hearing about
[40:46] that and um one of the things that he
said you know he grew up and the he he
[40:52] knew my dad they were both the same age
and they started working together for 18
[40:57] cents an hour at the County highway
department you know when they were the
[41:01] first jobs off the farm one of the
things he said is every going through
[41:06] the depression going through World War
II all those things he said everybody
[41:10] was poor but we didn't know it and I
sure want to see that attitude in plad
[41:15] County again are we concerned about the
small land owner like what seab back
[41:20] there it really fires me up if these
people want to there's big families
[41:25] moving out of plasy count me right
now if you want solar you want it on
[41:31] your back doorstep like buty saids going
to see I don't think so and that's not
[41:37] fair what about kids coming
back you know are they going to be
[41:41] coming back plas County because of the
huge solar Farms I don't think
[41:45] [Music]
so and lastly here
[41:50] um I think we need a moratorium till we
get things figured out that's my thing
[41:56] thank you for letting me talk
thank
[42:00] you
else
[42:07] else Bob Barber I'm from lasy County and
uh the first thing I want to say is the
[42:15] solar people lied to us I've been coming
to all the meetings and they didn't say
[42:20] nothing they told us there wouldn't be
no batteries that's the first thing they
[42:24] told us there would not be no batteries
now all all of a sudden they're lying to
[42:28] us and saying they got to have batteries
you know and which is it I mean are they
[42:32] lying to the people that they signed
their agreements with I mean come on I
[42:36] mean it's not right what they're doing
and the people that's signing these are
[42:40] they putting it in their own front yard
or everybody else's front yard I mean
[42:44] there's different ways of looking at it
talking about teams this team and that
[42:47] team that's not what plasy county is
about I mean I don't remember it that
[42:52] way and I remember when you used to go
up to the to the restaurant and heard
[42:55] the farmer saying I got 200 25 acres
this year no well I got 230 you don't
[43:01] hear that no more that's that's going to
be a thing in the past but they don't go
[43:05] up there and brag I got so much money
for solar and I got more than that well
[43:10] no because they're dealing under the
table and people hasn't figured that out
[43:14] yet evidently because it's wrong what
they're doing I mean if they're lying to
[43:19] us they're probably lying to them too
and they just don't know it yet and when
[43:23] it happens it's too
late that's really all I got to say I
[43:27] just don't think I just I want our
County to be like it was I mean that
[43:31] it's not now everybody's not speaking
like they used to and it's
[43:36] wrong thank you thank
[43:51] you Ross Davis Blas County resident um
this piggybacks on a couple things
[43:58] um here and darl talk about moratorium
and than we not talk about moratoriums
[44:02] um but we know moratorium is to put a
pause on what's Happening the US
[44:07] continues to need more electricity every
year if these projects are viable then
[44:11] we aren't missing anything by putting a
pause on what's Happening once we assess
[44:15] the current scope of the projects there
will still be opportunity to grow this
[44:18] industry in the future the demand is
obviously there and the cards are in our
[44:22] favor but we should pause it learn from
it and then address it in the future
[44:27] so let's move forward with the
moratorium thank you
[44:36] you
others my name is Teresa Hansen and I
[44:41] live over by
Francisville and what I have tonight is
[44:45] just called setting the record straight
and it's from Mammoth solar and many of
[44:50] the land owners have signed this and so
I was asked to bring it and pass it out
[44:56] to you and this just has to do with the
things that commissioner Cano did say at
[45:00] the last meeting and it's about um
forming a solar project committee where
[45:05] you talked about getting two from this
side and two from that side to get
[45:08] together and talk um moratorium with no
end dat concerns about decommissioning
[45:14] the solar panels um claims the private
sector isn't addressing the
[45:19] recycling and some of the other things
you talked about the property values
[45:24] this was information that was given to
Me by Ed Batista who does he's the vice
[45:28] president of Mammoth solar so we did
they did give that information and as
[45:33] far as them not letting you know what's
going on they'll be happy to give a
[45:37] report uh it's just every time they say
anything everybody says oh that's a lie
[45:42] they're lying they will come with facts
they will be happy to I know that you
[45:48] all have a site palasan County against
solar where you make comments on there
[45:54] how you guys run everything down
that is that in your best interest to be
[45:59] on that site as a commissioner is that
not a conflict of interest for you to be
[46:04] on there standing out for that site what
about the rest of the county that you
[46:08] are a commissioner for ma'am I'm just
asking is that a good site for you to be
[46:14] on when we are all depending on you to
be a commissioner for our
[46:18] County it's just something to think
about we will bring information and
[46:22] amaer will start keeping everyone up to
dat uh we don't want it to be a site
[46:28] where they're jumping onto everything
that's being said they will come with
[46:32] facts but it needs to be a site where
they can put their facts down where
[46:37] every single every single thing they say
is not being jumped on and they're being
[46:41] called Liars they will be happy to come
with the facts that they have if they're
[46:45] given a chance and yes this has been
hard I have neighbors and friends here
[46:50] who don't speak to us don't talk to us
at church don't wave at us anymore this
[46:54] is tough but this is our land and we did
make this decision but this has been
[47:00] really hard on us it's sad to see your
neighbors going down the road who don't
[47:05] wave to you who don't talk to you who
you've been friends with your whole life
[47:10] so don't think we didn't think about
this this is what's good for our family
[47:16] and I'm sorry if other people don't like
it but this is what we need for our
[47:20] children and our
grandchildren so please let us have a
[47:25] chance to speak too
I you know yes it's terrible it's it's
[47:29] tearing this County apart but we do need
to all come back together like Mr Messer
[47:34] said this is getting out of hand and
people are acting ridiculous so people
[47:40] need to grow up and we need to work
together and I think as Leaders we need
[47:46] to set a good precedent for everybody
and not just one side please we're
[47:51] counting on you we are all counting on
you you got into office please lead us
[47:58] the right way it doesn't have to be our
way or their way it needs to be for
[48:03] everybody it's killing us It's upsetting
everybody please think about it thank
[48:11] you can I respond just briefly to that
please thank you thank you and I
[48:17] appreciate that Terry um I was
elected very well
[48:24] elected to represent
plasy County um I don't think anyone
[48:31] doubted um my
concerns I ran to protect property
[48:36] rights for every person in palasa
County every person and I've spoken
[48:43] about property rights before and I
believe what one person does on their
[48:48] property can have an impact on another
and if we look at the law it does and
[48:55] that is why we have zoning um that if
what you do on your property has some
[49:00] type of impact and I believe it does
based on my research then we have to be
[49:05] careful we we can't trample on the
property rights of other people um I
[49:11] have not and I I want you guys who are
contracted or leased or whatever with
[49:15] Mammoth solar the ones that are already
here I'm not saying anything in regards
[49:19] to those projects those projects are
here please understand that I understand
[49:24] that and I'm for bringing the county
back together as well
[49:27] um those are approved those are
permitted um I am looking at moving
[49:33] forward this county is at almost 30,000
acres in
[49:38] leases and at some point as
Commissioners our responsibility to this
[49:45] county is to protect the whole
County and when I go from one office to
[49:52] another and I ask for updates where are
we what is this going to look like what
[49:59] will the economic impacts be to our
County by removing this much land from
[50:04] agriculture I'm not getting answers no
one in the county has that answer my
[50:11] concern is if we
continue as an open book and and we say
[50:17] give it to the state let the state
handle it folks we're going to destroy
[50:21] our County we will destroy palasa County
there's no way around I don't think
[50:27] that's my opinion based on four and a
half years of research I but I was I was
[50:33] elected to be a voice for everyone in
the county and I have to do that I I I
[50:40] need to protect everyone and that is
what I am trying that's right everyone
[50:45] everyone
yes you you've already you're you're
[50:50] there you're there you're
[50:54] good all right is there we excuse me we
have made the announcement that we allow
[51:02] people to speak
once is
[51:06] there I appreciate the respect and
dignity that has been shown among
[51:13] everyone this evening and we must
continue that obviously there's
[51:17] differences but we have to be civil to
one
[51:22] another so we will um I was asked about
the bill these are public comments these
[51:29] aren't and we take it into
consideration but the house bill I will
[51:35] answer that I do oppose it because it
doesn't give an opportunity for the
[51:39] different
jurisdictions to Talk Amongst each other
[51:44] either a the elected officials or the
people that live in that area so for
[51:49] example if it was a start plas guy
project and they went across county
[51:53] lines I do believe that plas guy and
County should be at the table with that
[51:59] however it's written up and I do believe
the Senate bill is kind of on hold with
[52:03] that I believe that was Senator cook so
now it's in the representative's hands
[52:08] uh with that so we appreciate the
dignity and respect that everyone has
[52:14] been given this evening tonight we have
called an executive session an executive
[52:20] session is for those individuals only
it's dealing with Personnel
[52:24] issues and we are are that was scheduled
to be at
[52:29] 6:45 we appreciate everyone and uh what
you your comments that you have made
[52:35] this evening so we'll have a motion to
adjourn I'll make a motion to adjourn I
[52:40] will second that those in favor
[52:50] I last stay healthy