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Marathon County executive committee asks staff to draft task-force framework as officials weigh Alliant JDA for Hub City Wind
Summary
After a lengthy public comment period opposing a Joint Developer Agreement (JDA) for the Hub City Wind project, the Marathon County Executive Committee voted to direct administration and counsel to draft framework language for a work group or task force to evaluate negotiations with developers and local protections.
The Marathon County Executive Committee, after receiving multiple public comments urging caution about a potential Joint Developer Agreement (JDA) for the Hub City Wind project, voted to direct county administration and corp counsel to draft proposed language for a work-group or task-force framework to be considered at the board's organizational meeting.
Public commenters raised environmental, property-value and road-damage concerns tied to industrial wind development. Heidi Pesky told the committee, “By 2050, the world will be drowning in 43,000,000 tons of worn out blades,” and asked officials to include decommissioning and disposal provisions in any JDA discussions. Christine C. Hafer cited a Brown County board…
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