Vice Chair Broeker urges research on data center ordinance; board holds Floodplain Development Ordinance work session

Vice Chair Tom Broeker used the public‑input portion of the Des Moines County Board of Supervisors’ March 17 meeting to ask the board to research data centers and consider whether the county should pursue an ordinance regulating them.

No formal motion or vote regarding data centers is recorded in the meeting minutes. Broeker’s comment was raised as part of the public‑input discussion near the close of the regular session; the board did not take action on the suggestion during the meeting.

Following the adjournment, the board held a work session with Assistant Land Use Administrator Jarred Lassiter about the Floodplain Development Ordinance. The work session was presented as an informational discussion; the transcript records no formal vote or ordinance change during that session.

The two items together indicate ongoing attention to land‑use policy: Broeker requested additional research on potential regulation of data centers, and staff continued discussion of the county’s floodplain rules in the post‑meeting work session. Any next steps, including whether an ordinance draft or formal referral will be prepared, were not recorded in the minutes.