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Shiawassee County authorizes joining solar-farm rules lawsuit with $10,000 participation cap
Summary
The Board voted to allow the County Coordinator to join a lawsuit with Foster & Swift concerning solar farms and Public Service Commission rules, approving an amendment that limits county participation to $10,000.
County officials authorized limited legal participation in litigation over solar farm rules at the Shiawassee County Board of Commissioners meeting Oct. 23.
County Coordinator Dr. Boggs told the board that the Foster & Swift law firm had approached the county about joining a lawsuit related to solar farms and rules promulgated by the Public Service Commission. Commissioner Howard moved to allow the County Coordinator to join the lawsuit; Commissioner Emery seconded.
Commissioner Howard offered and the board approved an amendment to cap county participation at $10,000. The motion as amended carried on a recorded roll call of six yeas; the transcript notes Commissioner Holzhausen was present for the meeting. No no votes, abstentions or recorded recusals were recorded in the motion's roll call as presented in the meeting minutes.
The board did not record further detail in the meeting minutes about the legal claims or the defendant parties; the motion authorizes the coordinator to engage Foster & Swift for potential participation and directs the coordinator to manage any expenditure within the $10,000 cap and to report back to the board.
Next steps: the county coordinator is to proceed with the limited engagement as authorized and report on expenditures and developments to the board. The board did not set a separate timeline for further authorization of legal expenditures beyond the $10,000 cap.
Sources: Shiawassee County Board of Commissioners meeting, Oct. 23, 2024 (coordinator report and motion to join lawsuit).
