Johnson County supervisors on Aug. 14 adopted a resolution authorizing an electric-line easement to ITC Midwest LLC across county conservation lands north of Solon, Iowa. The measure passed on a 5-0 roll call.

Brad, speaking for county conservation staff, told the board the Conservation Board had reviewed the request and recommended approval and said the easement is necessary to bring additional electricity into parts of Johnson County. "As you can see with all these approvals that we're making tonight, we need to have more electricity, and, so we need to provide, easements to bring that electricity into Johnson County," Brad said. No members of the public spoke on the item at the hearing. The board adopted the resolution on a unanimous vote.

County staff did not provide additional details about the easement alignment or compensation in the public staff remarks recorded in the meeting transcript. Brad and the Conservation Board’s review were cited as the basis for the board’s action.