South Central Reporter

Macoupin County Board Economic Development Committee met Sept. 4.

Here are the minutes provided by the Committee:

I. CALL TO ORDER

PRESENT: Armour, Starr, Blank, Klausing, Payne, Duncan, Garrison, Behme 

ABSENT: Kilduff, Rosentreter

II. AGENDA ITEMS

1. Farmlease with Dwight Behme

Behme was present to discuss his lease and he would be willing to continue to pay the same rate for the 3 acres the fairground is interested in using for parking and not farm it. He wanted to know that the county would need be seeking to find a new tenant since he would need to switch and plant some grass seed to let it get established before the winter. Garrison said the Board did not need to take any action since the lease had an evergreen clause. The committee felt this was great idea and thanked Behme for working with the fairboard on this.

2. Fairground Lease with Fair Board

This was discussed in the first item of the meeting.

3. Energy Grant Award Letter and Discussion of Timeline

Courtney Breckenridge who was assisting with the grant discussed that the state had alerted the county that they had been approved in phase 2. In that notification, the funding was approved for spending around mid to late October from the state. She walked the committee through the projects that had been approved and there funding. She also discussed the timeline of the grant and what steps the county would probably need to take by the end of the year to keep things moving.

4. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE EXECUTION OF A DECOMMISSIONING AND SITE RECLAMATION PLAN, AND A DECOMMISSIONING BOND TO BE ENTERED INTO BY MACOUPIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS AND LOTUS WIND

Garrison said this was what was required as part of the Lotus Wind siting approval permit. Outside counsel had worked on it and set it up within the boundaries of the state statute.

Motion by Klausing, seconded by Blank to recommend the resolution to the full Board.

RESULT: MOTION TO RECOMMEND [UNANIMOUS]  MOVER: Holly Klausing, Member SECONDER: John Blank, Member AYES: Armour, Starr, Blank, Klausing, Payne ABSENT: Kilduff, Rosentreter

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