First reading of digester ordinance fails at Ohio County Fiscal Court

A proposed ordinance concerning a digester failed its first reading before the Ohio County Fiscal Court on Thursday. Commissioners debated whether to proceed without an inspection and several voted against taking the ordinance up for final approval at this meeting. Commissioner Dale moved to put the digester ordinance to a vote, and another commissioner seconded; when called, several commissioners voted no or said they wanted to delay until after a site visit. One commissioner said, “No. Not till after we go see the thing before,” and the court recorded that the first reading failed. Court members said they were open to revisiting the ordinance after a site visit; the transcript records that the item will be brought up again at a future meeting following inspection, but no new timeline was set in the meeting minutes provided.