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Commissioner criticizes ambulance purchase, urges fiscal oversight; calls for zoning review and wind-turbine light enforcement
Summary
During commission comments, a commissioner criticized the county's recent ambulance purchase as larger and costlier than necessary, urged more oversight of large purchases, and also urged review of planning and zoning rules and enforcement against a wind-farm operator for flashing lights in apparent violation of permits.
A commissioner criticized the county's recent purchase of a new ambulance as oversized and expensive and urged the Marion County Commission to take a closer role in reviewing large purchases. The speaker also pressed county planning staff to prioritize zoning updates and to enforce permit conditions against a local wind-energy operator whose tower lights residents say continue to flash in violation of county permits.
"We spent $330,000 on this," the commissioner said of the ambulance purchase, later noting a figure of $313,000 was cited. The commissioner said the vehicle is "huge" and carries features the county may not need, and argued the county…
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