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Kenosha County Board extends moratorium on battery storage permits, approves grants and ARPA reallocation
Summary
The Kenosha County Board extended a temporary moratorium on battery energy storage system permits, approved a set of grant acceptances for public-safety programs and repurposed ARPA funds to meet obligation deadlines; most measures passed unanimously, one grant passed 21–1.
The Kenosha County Board of Supervisors voted to extend a temporary moratorium on consideration and issuance of permits for battery energy storage systems and approved several resolutions accepting grant funds and repurposing ARPA dollars during its meeting.
Supervisor Brown moved to extend Ordinance 15, a temporary moratorium on permits and approvals related to battery energy storage systems, citing the need to allow proper public posting and time for a new zoning ordinance to be drafted; Supervisor Decker seconded the motion and the ordinance passed on a voice vote.
The board also approved multiple resolutions: Resolution 61, a professional services agreement with the Village of Somers to administer shoreland and floodplain ordinances; Resolution 62, accepting $5,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to buy opioid deactivation kits for the sheriff's department; and Resolution 63, accepting $175,760 from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to support treatment for people incarcerated with opioid use disorder. Resolution 63 passed on a recorded vote of 21 yes and 1 no.
Supervisor Franco moved and Supervisor Gentz seconded Resolutions 64 and 65. Resolution 64 would accept a We Energies Foundation grant to assist the Fire Investigation Task Force; the meeting transcript reports the amount as "$18.31 dollars," which appears to be a transcription or reporting anomaly and is flagged for county-record verification. Resolution 65 accepted a $14,442 federal Law Enforcement JAG award for the county (part of a $36,106 total MIU agreement with the city, divided 60% to the city and 40% to the county) and identified the funds would be used largely to upgrade patrol duty weapons.
Resolution 66, moved by Supervisor Gence and seconded by Supervisor Kirby, repurposed ARPA funds from projects unlikely to complete by year-end to projects that can be completed, with the mover noting ARPA obligation deadlines (obligate by Dec. 31, 2024; spend by Dec. 31, 2026).
County executive appointments were read and referred to committees, and routine communications (including a referral for a cabaret license for Honey Dippers in the Town of Wheatland) were filed. The board approved minutes from the Nov. 6 organizational and Nov. 7 regular meetings and adjourned.
Board members who spoke framed the moratorium extension as a short-term measure to allow the county to finalize a zoning ordinance and emphasized compliance with ARPA deadlines in the repurposing vote. Several grant acceptances were uncontroversial on the floor; one grant acceptance was recorded with a 21–1 vote.
