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Board asks staff to estimate cost of drafting a data‑center ordinance during moratorium
Summary
A board member asked land‑use staff to explore options and provide a cost estimate (including whether to contract the work to a Council of Governments) to develop an ordinance regulating data centers while a county moratorium remains in place.
During the July 7 meeting, a board member raised the county's moratorium on data centers and asked land‑use staff whether they would research ordinance options and provide an estimate of the work and cost to prepare a data‑center ordinance. Land‑use staff said they can look into the matter and suggested the regional Council of Governments (COG) is a potential contractor for drafting and research; staff said significant or new-ordinance work typically requires a separate contract rather than coming under routine administration.
Land‑use staff and the board discussed the scope of typical land‑use contracts (zoning, subdivision, floodplain, wind/solar, airport approach zones) and said major overhauls or new ordinances are generally handled as separate contracted projects. The board asked staff to follow up with a cost estimate and a recommendation on whether to engage the COG or pursue alternative approaches.
No ordinance language or formal contract was approved at the meeting; the request was for staff to return with potential approaches and cost figures for the board’s consideration.
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