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Lordstown council opens hearing on 180‑day moratorium proposal for data‑center permits
Summary
The Lordstown Village Council held a public hearing June 15, 2026, on an ordinance to extend a temporary moratorium of up to 180 days on issuing permits and processing applications for data centers; Mayor Woodward signaled support for emergency passage, and the clerk confirmed a May 5 legal notice. No public comments were recorded and no ordinance vote appears in the transcript.
The Lordstown Village Council opened a public hearing June 15, 2026, on an ordinance that would extend a temporary moratorium, not to exceed 180 days, on granting new permits and on receiving and processing permit applications for data centers within the village limits.
Mayor Woodward said she understood council "may want this to go for emergency passage tonight and I am on board with that," signaling support for pursuing an emergency measure to shorten the timeline for the ordinance.
The ordinance read into the record would prohibit issuance and processing of any new data‑center permits within the corporate limits for up to 180 days and includes language declaring an emergency. William L. Blank, Lordstown village clerk, read the public notice, the hearing time and location (5:30 p.m., Council Chambers, 1455 Salt Springs Road SW) and provided contact numbers for questions. A council member said The Tribune ran the legal notice on May 5, 2026, and that proof of publication had been supplied, meeting the advertised notice period.
Council members amended the advertised language on the record to use the term "extending" to match the ordinance text. The transcript records a procedural motion to adopt the agenda (mover recorded as "Radka" and second by Mr. Lying) that carried on a voice vote; the transcript later records a motion to adjourn (moved by Mr. McCra, second by Mr. Mosley) that carried. The hearing transcript does not record a final vote or formal adoption of the moratorium ordinance.
Kelly Border, Lordstown planning and zoning administrator, and staff member Matt Reese were noted present for the hearing. No public commenters or written testimony are recorded in the transcript provided.
The council adjourned after the procedural motions; the transcript does not show subsequent action on the moratorium ordinance. Questions about the proposed ordinance were directed to William L. Blank, Lordstown village clerk, or to Kelly Border, planning and zoning administrator, at the phone numbers read into the record.
