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Commissioners consider new fees, signage and battery rules in draft solar ordinance
Summary
Dodge County commissioners discussed adding an application fee of $150 plus $2 per acre, public signage, a construction traffic management plan, a utility easement, and battery energy storage facility provisions to the county's solar ordinance; no formal vote took place.
At a Sept. 9 work session the Dodge County Board of Commissioners discussed specific proposed additions to a draft solar ordinance, including an application fee of $150 plus $2 per acre, requirements for public signage, a construction traffic management plan, the addition of a utility easement, and provisions addressing battery energy storage facilities. The discussion was recorded in the work session minutes but no vote was taken.
Commissioners reviewed the list of possible ordinance changes as part of the county’s ongoing effort to regulate utility-scale or commercial solar installations. The minutes list the proposed fee structure explicitly (“$150 plus $2/acre”), and commissioners considered operational requirements such as signage and traffic plans to address construction impacts. The record does not identify a mover or motion tied to adoption; the item remains under discussion.
The board did not set final language or adopt the ordinance during the session. Staff and commissioners will continue work on ordinance language and implementation details, including how battery energy storage facilities would be addressed in county regulation.
