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• Data center moratorium (referral to planning commission) — Outcome: Approved (roll-call unanimous). Motion to send the proposed ordinance (amended to 150 days and to explicitly include private-utility/private-utility buildings and data centers of any size) to the planning commission for public hearing and recommendation passed on roll call; ordinance number not yet assigned. The ordinance exempts applications already filed and incorporated cities.

• Fireworks contract for July 4 — Outcome: Approved. Parks Committee recommended renewing a contract with Trio Del Sol for an 18-minute show at Windomere Park for $21,000. Motion carried; amount to be added to the FY budget where required.

• Rollington Road and drainage improvement — Outcome: Bids opened; no award at meeting. Bids read aloud: Louisville Paving ($1,262,556.74), Libs Paving ($1,142,919.50) and Triumph Landscape Construction ($2,114,090). Staff to review and return award recommendation at a subsequent meeting.

• Heather Green subdivision roads — Outcome: Approved. The court accepted several roads into the county-maintained road system (Heather Green Boulevard, Tallgrass Court, Deerpath Court, Deerwoods Place, Timberwalk Court and Heatherwood Drive) after staff and engineering review. County records indicate the roads were paved in 2014 after bonds were forfeited; the court had not formally taken them into the maintenance system until this vote.

• Payables and budget transfers — Outcome: Approved. The court approved the payable list and the budget transfers after finance-committee review.

• AT&T service agreement extension (Dispatch connectivity) — Outcome: Approved. The court approved a three-year extension of a switched-Ethernet service with AT&T for dispatch connectivity at the same monthly cost. County staff noted a clerical correction to a vendor-city name on the contract before signature.

• County digital sign at South Oldham Government Center — Outcome: Approved (8–1). The court authorized a donated-style installation of a digital sign (same type/size as existing signs in Prospect and Buckner) with landscaping; Magistrate Hawkins recorded the lone vote in opposition.

• Aquatic center hires — Outcome: Approved. Personnel orders to staff the aquatic center with returning lifeguards and head guards were approved to meet opening staffing needs.

• Other routine business — Outcome: Approved. The court opened bids and handled routine items including minutes and agenda acceptance; no other substantive policy measures were adopted.

Several items will return for later action after technical review, planning-commission hearings or staff follow-up. The data-center moratorium referral in particular will require planning-commission public hearings and subsequent readings before any ordinance is adopted.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Oldham County Fiscal Court, April 15 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Fiscal Court referred a moratorium ordinance on data centers to the planning commission (unanimous roll call), approved a fireworks contract, accepted subdivision roads, approved a new digital sign, extended an AT&T service agreement and approved payables and budget transfers.","taxTitle","Oldham County, Kentucky","taxId",72448,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_46":80,"_48":81,"_50":82,"_52":83,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":84,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":85,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6603241,"Residents criticize county detention center ties with ICE; sheriff says Oldham County has no 287(g) agreement",258,1660000,1918000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3000566-8e62b787d284fe062ee250f7f63231e0&start=1660&end=1918","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3000566-8e62b787d284fe062ee250f7f63231e0/thumbnail_1660000.jpg","/articles/6603241/Oldham-County/Kentucky/Residents-criticize-county-detention-center-ties-with-ICE-sheriff-says-Oldham-County-has-no-287g-agreement","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6603241-c80ece5312cde40b38e86e97ef565296/orig.mp4?Expires=1770843140&Signature=EXgoi0azvEMW14MjauVqFFiRIeoOD1zc2EqT2nhxuP8TytSSz-bmwciZb-VTnO8Mhu-yeSonN8Fgr85Qsdnm4roQNfejRW~rfmvqRaJguTyIUMk-5M1dN2zUofX0dThoFyqAfYHColIYWYIcbz1A6ZVUDMzboysvwAMv0WrGH9F6w3-r-XfoyTukNk0gIXat4GvajHSKeYoROrUhEXNwFE9feEIENOlUpB6PSVBe4wjCw69iEI0tFWC5T0wi3-~r4WxOURVvkS8FHU4C52yBHNuAlrAHLK88aJGOlrn2wC76~aJ79vCf2sEeoO1GmGgFmxgstCtlyJSXiaJc0H8JlA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Public comment at Oldham County Fiscal Court included extended criticism of the county’s role in detaining immigrants and alleged cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Several speakers urged the fiscal court to halt or defund arrangements they described as creating perverse incentives to detain people for profit.

Michael Slider, speaking for Kentucky Citizens for Democracy, described the county’s detention operation and contracts with federal agencies as \"a money-making operation\" and said the county’s detention center appeared on ICE’s website as an ICE detention center. Slider urged the court to reconsider agreements that he said risked bypassing due process. He added that local procurement of a new van and bus for prisoner transport raised questions about the county’s role in moving detainees regionally.

Sheriff Tim Wakefield responded in public comment to these concerns. \"The Oldham County Sheriff's Office has never had an agreement with the ICE ever,\" Wakefield said. He described the listing on ICE’s website as an error that was corrected after he raised it with ICE and reiterated that state law and the separation between the sheriff’s office and the detention center mean the sheriff does not control all detention agreements. He said deputies serving administrative warrants in partnership with federal agents would have a narrow role: to serve administrative detainers on NCIC hits and transport those persons to the county jail.

Speakers raised the 287(g) program specifically; one commenter cited legal challenges to 287(g)-style arrangements and noted Maryland had legislation restricting such agreements. Michael Slider and other speakers raised constitutional concerns, citing federal court rulings and high-profile ICE enforcement actions nationwide as reasons the county should avoid participating in such programs.

Alex LeBlanc and other community members called for transparent, public explanations of what agreements exist, who signed them and what the sheriff’s office, jailer and county’s roles are. LeBlanc noted changes on ICE’s public listing and said the county should hold a town-hall or focused follow-up meeting so residents can review documents and timelines.

Sheriff Wakefield and county officials said they would continue to describe the county’s position publicly and answered questions about how deputization and administrative transfers would be handled in practice. No formal fiscal-court action was taken during the meeting on ICE or detention-center contracts during the session.

Speakers called for further transparency, third-party review and public briefings so residents could assess whether local resources and personnel are being used in ways consistent with county policy and constitutional protections. Several asked for the court to consider policy or budgetary steps to limit local participation should legal or human-rights concerns warrant it.","Multiple speakers at Oldham County Fiscal Court condemned the county's relationship with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Sheriff Tim Wakefield publicly stated the sheriff's office has no 287(g) agreement and attributed an ICE website listing to error.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_46":92,"_48":93,"_50":94,"_52":95,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":96,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":97,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6603245,"Oldham County fiscal court sends moratorium on data center approvals to planning commission after large public turnout",7948,821000,8769000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3000566-8e62b787d284fe062ee250f7f63231e0&start=821&end=8769","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3000566-8e62b787d284fe062ee250f7f63231e0/thumbnail_821000.jpg","/articles/6603245/Oldham-County/Kentucky/Oldham-County-fiscal-court-sends-moratorium-on-data-center-approvals-to-planning-commission-after-large-public-turnout","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6603245-53c60af65b35c86a5223e81c0f7e30d6/orig.mp4?Expires=1770843140&Signature=eBm64yOmokXbRfb77xzwXzsj22x8nSsA70RQmnPMe3oB1VkRz9z1w95ZD-RXKyZ4TRt2FaG3PHe8aMS3EfRIsHMVFvAe9ki0S17dHbhSHNHLHTOZXQASJtBXI8EAXbT7hUUjvmZFVAqHpgxkX9u4Z~2fF-oKYsZH6Qn5pUdFNHjvW0Dd838r9DKNeMzT50sijgKbb8MOz-EUdGvJSAX1j91LAo96gSv8Mq3obEdNU8cacHX61bHdijPU6Ph0iClLmybb8Z6iIeDpRNXARRlPQFmi9dq0RFlQ~rMHw3p4z2UjEUoBHgCvdsntWiC56JyBEcsnwV4stjE6MnasPArbZg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Oldham County Fiscal Court on Tuesday voted unanimously to send a proposed ordinance imposing a temporary moratorium on data center development to the county planning commission for study and public hearing, after more than two dozen residents spoke during an extended public-comment period.

The proposal originally would have imposed a 120-day pause on acceptance, processing and approval of new data-center applications in the unincorporated parts of the county. Magistrates amended the draft before voting, changing the moratorium period to 150 days and adding language to explicitly cover private-utility and private-utility buildings and “data centers of any size.” The ordinance, as amended, exempts applications already filed before the ordinance’s effective date and does not apply inside incorporated cities. The court voted in roll call on the amended proposal; recorded votes were unanimously in favor.

The moratorium was framed by the judge and multiple magistrates as a temporary pause to allow staff, consultants, utility providers and stakeholders to evaluate infrastructure and land-use impacts. Judge David Vogel told the room the moratorium would allow the county to “evaluate existing policies, infrastructure capacity, and long term planning objectives regarding data centers” before changing zoning or development rules.

Resident speakers pressed for stronger, longer protections and for inclusion of currently filed applications. Don Erler, who lives near the proposed site in Waters Farms, told the court that \"a data center is not mentioned in the comprehensive plan\" and urged that pending applications be covered by the moratorium. Judge Vogel explained that the draft moratorium, as written and advised by county counsel, would not legally apply to applications already filed prior to the ordinance’s effective date.

Environmental and water-resource concerns were a frequent theme. Susan Griffin Ward, representing the Kentucky Waterways Alliance, urged systematic environmental review and cited water demand estimates: \"Medium-sized data centers, 5 to 20 megawatts, can require up to 3,000 gallons of water a day,\" and she said public filings suggest the proposed facility could be on the order of hundreds of megawatts, which would carry far greater water needs. Mark Salaga, a professional environmental engineer who testified as a resident, said projects of this scale should be processed through comprehensive planning and zoning rather than conditional-use permitting: \"Approving this or doing this under a conditional use permit is absolutely wrong,\" he said.

Community organizers said they had gathered thousands of petitions. Nathan Oberg of the Facebook group We Are Oldham County said his group had 2,855 verified signatures asking the court for protections. Several speakers urged later meeting times and broader public engagement; Larry Kaiser said, \"If your public process is inconvenient for the public, then your public process is broken.\"

Magistrates also discussed process mechanics during the hearing. Planning staff confirmed the next procedural step is the planning commission, which must hold a public hearing and make a recommendation to fiscal court. The technical-review committee and then the Board of Adjustments will hear technical and permitting questions in upcoming months; staff said the earliest technical-review meeting for the currently filed project is scheduled for May 21 at 1 p.m., with a likely Board of Adjustments hearing in June.

The court’s action sends the proposed ordinance — as amended to 150 days and to explicitly include private utility/private utility buildings and data centers of any size — to the planning commission for the statutorily required review and public hearing. The ordinance as drafted directs staff to study infrastructure and utility capacity, environmental impacts, cumulative land-use effects and regulatory frameworks used by comparable counties.

The moratorium does not immediately stop projects already filed before the ordinance’s effective date; several speakers requested that the county attempt to include pending filings. Judge Vogel and county counsel confirmed the county’s legal advice is that those filings cannot be suspended retroactively by the temporary moratorium as currently drafted.

The court recessed after the vote; staff and several magistrates said they will pursue additional study committee meetings, public outreach and site visits to jurisdictions that have regulated large-scale data facilities. The proposed ordinance will return to the fiscal court after the planning commission’s recommendation and the county’s standard ordinance process, including two readings and public hearing(s).","After sustained public comment about water use, traffic and zoning, Oldham County Fiscal Court voted unanimously to send a proposed moratorium ordinance on data centers to the planning commission with edits increasing the moratorium period and broadening covered facility types.","actionData","errors"]

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