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Iroquois County committee outlines conditions for two large solar projects amid drainage and decommissioning concerns
Summary
County attorney and planning staff told the Policy and Procedure Committee that two solar projects, including a roughly 4,000‑acre proposal, will go to the county board next week with draft conditions on decommissioning funds, drainage surveys, vegetative screening and emergency‑response reimbursements; nearby residents urged a delay until legally enforceable protections for district drain tile are provided.
Iroquois County’s Policy and Procedure Committee heard detailed briefings Feb. 5 on two proposed solar projects the county attorney said will appear before the county board next Tuesday, including one project described as roughly 4,000 acres.
In public comment, Martha Genzel, who said she was born and raised on a family farm in Iroquois County, asked the board to delay any building permit “until the solar company gives a sound assurance of what they're going to do with the district title,” and requested a court‑enforceable contract to protect drainage laterals and the main tile. Another resident who lives just north of a proposed site urged that conditions adopted at a prior meeting be satisfied before construction begins on what he described as a 30‑year project.
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