County planning update: comprehensive‑plan steps, inclusion diamond location and resolution to pursue two‑acre parking parcel

Doug Westerfeld of the Area Planning Commission told commissioners July 6 that the steering committee had received a rough draft of the Decatur County comprehensive plan and will meet July 16 to review edits before any public adoption steps. He said Saint Paul’s planning effort — undertaken to qualify for grant funding to address a sewage need — prompted a robust public turnout but that a data center was not part of Saint Paul’s plan purpose.