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County board adopts special-use for Prairie North LLC solar project
Summary
Boone County Board adopted staff findings and approved a special-use permit for Prairie North LLC’s solar facility on Illinois Route 76 after the applicant submitted an interconnection agreement with ComEd. The vote passed; one member opposed.
The Boone County Board on Jan. 23 approved a special-use permit for Prairie North LLC to build a solar project on Illinois Route 76 after adopting the planning staff’s findings of fact.
The motion to adopt the staff findings was made by David Wiltsie and seconded by Ryan Curry; board members voted to adopt the findings and then to approve the special-use. County staff confirmed the applicant had provided a copy of an interconnection agreement with ComEd for the project’s electrical connection.
The board discussed the staff findings and the project’s supporting documents; no substantive public testimony was recorded in the portion of the transcript captured. The special-use motion passed on a voice and roll-call procedure with a single recorded dissent from Marion Thornberry.
What passed: the board adopted staff findings of fact as the board’s findings and approved the special-use permit for Prairie North LLC’s solar installation at the referenced site. The item was described in the agenda as ordinance 25-03 SCP-23-2023.
