Residents urge Lytle to consider ordinances limiting data centers and battery storage
Public commenters urged the City of Lytle to place amendments on an upcoming agenda to safeguard the city from potential harms posed by data centers and battery energy storage systems, citing a county sale and local transparency concerns.
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Jackie Korus, speaking during public comment, asked the City Council to add amendments to a future agenda that she said would protect Lytle from "reckless harmful growth" such as data centers and battery energy storage systems. Korus read aloud a statement she said was made by Atascosa County Judge Welden Cude, including the line: "Anything I have is for sale except my wife and kids." She told the council the amendments would not prohibit growth but would establish guardrails to protect residents and future generations.
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