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Residents press county on solar projects: fire-safety, training and school-funding ties to future tax revenue
Summary
Residents raised alarms about recent regional solar-panel fires and asked whether local emergency services are preparing; commissioners said the county issued a moratorium and is working with a committee and fire department training; commissioners confirmed a previously promised $200,000 to Uniontown schools depends on future solar tax receipts and is not guaranteed.
FORT SCOTT — Concerns about large-scale solar projects, fire safety and the local budgetary promises tied to anticipated solar tax revenue dominated part of the public-comment period at the Bourbon County Commission’s July 8 meeting.
A resident who identified himself as Pete cited recent regional solar-panel fires in Olathe and Lee's Summit and asked whether the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has cleared panel installations as safe. “Can you get some paperwork from KDHE that…
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