Resident presses commissioners on data center NDAs and AI-written protest letters

At the Butler County Board of Commissioners meeting on April 28, resident Megan Wright asked whether county staff or commissioners had signed nondisclosure agreements related to recent data center meetings and whether the public would have opportunities for hearings if the county adopts regulations. Administrator Will Johnson responded that Assistant Administrator/Finance Director Ryan Adkison "has signed a NDA but the company has not executed their portion of the agreement; therefore, the NDA is not enforceable at this time." Wright also raised concern about the provenance of protest petitions, saying Counselor Terrence Huelskamp told citizens they "look like they were probably written by AI and therefore you all did not have to recognize them," a characterization Huelskamp later disputed in the meeting record.