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Marathon County executive committee forwards Comprehensive Plan 2026 to full board after hearing on energy projects
Summary
After a public hearing focused largely on community concerns about utility-scale wind, solar and battery storage, the Marathon County Executive Committee voted unanimously to forward the Comprehensive Plan 2026 and public comments to the County Board with suggested language edits for further consideration.
The Marathon County Executive Committee on May 12 closed a public hearing on the proposed Marathon County Comprehensive Plan 2026 and unanimously moved the draft and today’s public comments to the full County Board for further consideration and possible amendments, committee members said.
Lori Miss Kimmons, conservation planning staff director, told the committee the draft is a complete update to the county’s 2016 plan that refreshes background data and revises goals, objectives and action strategies. She cited the statutory requirement the committee referenced in the hearing that comprehensive plans be updated at least every 10 years and that a public hearing be held before adoption; the transcript records the statute as “6610001.” Staff also told members they received two written comments…
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