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Shawnee council approves $100,000 seed loan after tie; extends battery-storage moratorium and OKs easement for signal replacement
Summary
The Shawnee City Council on Monday, April 14, approved three separate actions: a $100,000 seed loan to Friction Bear brewery after a tie-breaking vote by Mayor Sandifer, a six-month extension of the city's moratorium on battery energy storage system zoning while staff updates ordinances, and the acquisition of private property and temporary easements to replace the traffic signal at Quivira and Johnson Drive.
The Shawnee City Council on Monday, April 14, approved three separate actions: a $100,000 seed loan to Friction Bear brewery after a tie-breaking vote by Mayor Sandifer, a six-month extension of the city's moratorium on battery energy storage system zoning while staff updates ordinances, and the acquisition of private property and temporary easements to replace the traffic signal at Quivira and Johnson Drive.
City communications director Doug Donahue summarized the meeting in a recorded wrap-up. He said the council voted unanimously to extend the moratorium for six months to give staff time to prepare zoning updates for "modern green energy practices." The transcript indicates the extension was approved unanimously; the record does not…
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