At the Dec. 9 Carroll County fiscal court meeting, commissioners discussed preparing a local ordinance to regulate utility-scale solar projects after one member said he has heard rumors of companies seeking to buy land in the area.

Speaker 6 said he had drafted a proposed ordinance by combining language from several counties in Kentucky, a county in Tennessee and a state agency draft, explaining the package is an "amalgamation of all those" sources and recommending action now because "we don't have planning and zoning, so we don't have this ordinance." He added there have been "rumors out there that, solar companies are in the area looking to, purchase climate." (verbatim from transcript).

Court members agreed to circulate the draft ordinance by email so members could review the language and to schedule a work session — likely in January — to discuss whether to adopt local regulations. Speaker 3 and others said they would provide the latest copy of the draft for review.

No formal vote or specific regulatory text was adopted at the Dec. 9 meeting. The transcript records that staff will circulate the proposed package and that a future session will be scheduled to determine next steps.