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Jerome County schedules April 13 open house as it reconsiders emergency energy ordinance
Summary
Jerome County commissioners agreed to hold a public open house at 6 p.m. April 13 to gather input on a draft energy ordinance that would restrict where solar, wind and battery projects are allowed; staff warned changes could restart the review and delay adoption.
The Jerome County Board of Commissioners agreed Thursday to hold an open house at 6 p.m. on April 13 to gather public input as the board reconsiders an emergency energy ordinance passed last year, Chairman Ben Crouch said.
Planning staff member Kacie Buhler told commissioners that "the previous ordinance that was passed was regarding a ban on all applications for 182 days," and that the Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended denying the proposed energy ordinance. Buhler described two paths forward: adopt the draft as written and fine-tune it later with public input, or substantially revise the language and restart the review process through the Planning and Zoning Commission.
County staff underscored the procedural consequence of changing the draft. "If there are changes then nothing could be passed until a year from now," Sam Beus and Mike Seib confirmed, according to minutes. Commissioners discussed whether to proceed with scheduled workshops or to delay them to avoid confusing the public while the ordinance is under review. The board settled on the April 13 open house as the next public step.
