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Battery storage ordinance (Ordinance 9884) and council recommendation tabled after recusal and absent applicant
Summary
The planning board opened a public hearing on Ordinance No. 9884 (Chapter 80) to allow a 4.97-megawatt battery storage system at 600 Canal Street, heard no public comment, and then tabled the recommendation to the common council because the applicant was absent and the vice chair recused, leaving the board without a full quorum.
The City of Rome Planning Board opened a public hearing on Ordinance No. 9884 (Chapter 80) concerning the establishment and construction of battery energy storage systems within city limits, including a specific site proposal by Demeter Land Holdings for a 4.97-megawatt facility at 600 Canal Street. The board called three public calls and recorded no speakers.
When the board reached the related recommendation to the common council, the vice chair announced he would recuse himself from action on the item. With the applicant absent and a recusal reducing the voting membership below a full quorum, the item was placed on the table by default pending further action or the applicant’s appearance.
No substantive debate or technical presentation is recorded in the transcript; staff and the board noted the procedural reasons (applicant absence, open review window, recusal) for tabling the matter. The item will return to the board when the applicant or necessary parties are present and the review window has closed.
