The Lee County Board approved three ordinances to amend the boundaries of the Lee County Enterprise Zone to accommodate three separate development projects.

Board approval came after a presentation from Andy Shaw, Lee Ogle Enterprise Zone administrator, and remarks by Ryan Tozer, manager of local government affairs for Constellation Energy, which described a major upgrade at the Byron Clean Energy Center.

Shaw said the three amendments would cover roughly 200 acres of the enterprise zone allotment and that the county would retain “about 1,300 to spare” for future projects. He described two hospitality/entertainment sites tied to the Fun on 52 investor — one near Woodhaven Lakes and one in rural Lee County — each expected to create about 20 jobs. Shaw also described a resin-sands operation moving production to Oregon and said it would add about 17 jobs at that site.

Tozer described Amendment 18 as extending enterprise zone boundaries to reach the Byron nuclear station to support a planned major equipment and electrical upgrade. “We will be replacing the high pressure, low pressure turbines, and upgrading electrical systems,” Tozer said, adding the work would run from 2025 through 2029 in four construction windows. He said Constellation expects to hire “between 50 600 contractual employees” during each window and described the project as “a major investment over $300,000,000.”

All three ordinances — recorded in the meeting as amendments to Ordinance 12-15-1 (Amendments 16, 17 and 18) — were approved without recorded roll-call tallies after motions and seconds by board members on the floor. The board did not hold the measures over and moved to final approval during the meeting.

Board members and staff said the enterprise zone still has capacity for future projects after these amendments. Shaw also noted the county may apply other administrative adjustments to create additional capacity if needed.

The ordinance approvals mean the enterprise zone boundary will now include the parcels identified in the amendments; the board did not vote on project-specific incentives or contracts beyond the boundary change.

The board chair closed discussion after votes and moved to the next agenda item.