Residents press Pine County for transparency as data‑center working group develops ordinance

Several residents urged the board to make the data‑center ordinance development process more open. Deborah Trent said the working group and Planning & Zoning have not given the public a fair opportunity to participate and asked the board to "open the working group meetings to the public, or at a minimum, post the agenda and the minutes and materials in advance." Rachel Nielsen of Sandstone Township similarly asked that the public be told who serves on the group and that some meetings be viewable and that minutes and public‑input sessions be scheduled.