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Iroquois County committee forwards two solar projects to policy committee after drainage and screening discussion
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Committee voted Feb. 3 to send two large solar projects (Two Roads/Ranger Power and Goose/Lewis Creek) to the Policy & Procedure Committee with staff instructions to draft tile-survey and drainage-agreement language and to refine screening and financial-assurance options.
The Iroquois County Planning & Zoning Committee on Feb. 3 voted to forward two large commercial solar projects — the Two Roads (Ranger Power) proposal and the Goose/Lewis (Lewis Creek) project — to the county's Policy & Procedure Committee for further drafting of permit conditions.
Committee members directed staff to prepare specific language addressing several contested items raised during public comment and staff presentations: county-approved drain-tile-survey methods (including the option for targeted trenching or probing where aerial surveys are insufficient), whether developers must conclude a drainage-district agreement prior to the issuance of some building permits, and options for more secure decommissioning financial assurances (for example, bonds or letters of credit rather than relying solely on the statutory phased schedule).
The motion to forward the items carried on a roll-call vote; the transcript records committee members voting in favor and the item was placed on the Policy & Procedure Committee agenda for detailed language development ahead of the full county board vote.
Next steps: planning staff said they will craft proposed permit language and present it to Policy & Procedure Committee and then to the full county board for final action. The county staff also noted pending state statutory changes that take effect in June and recommended the county aim to align local ordinance revisions with that timeline.
