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Vernon County Planning Commission approves final Comprehensive Plan, 5-1
Summary
The commission approved the final draft of Vernon County's Comprehensive Plan on Dec. 16, 2024, by a 5-1 roll-call vote after agreeing to edits including added regenerative agriculture language, removal of a trail caption word and a school, and a pending spelling correction.
On Dec. 16, 2024, the Vernon County Planning Commission voted 5-1 to approve the final draft of the county Comprehensive Plan.
Supv Nathaniel Slack moved to approve the final draft of the plan; the motion was seconded by Supv Sandy Schweiger and passed on a roll call: Schweiger – aye, Slack – aye, Jacobson – aye, M. Stanek – aye, Supv K. Stanek – aye, Wilbur – nay. The minutes record the outcome as "Motion carried 5-1 (1 absent)." The commission also recorded earlier, related motions to make targeted edits prior to county-board consideration.
The approval followed several specific edit decisions: adding text to the Regenerative Agriculture section (motion by Supv Slack), removing the word "bike" from the Viroqua-Westby Trails caption (requested by Supv Schweiger), removing Corner Stone Christian Academy from the plan by consensus, and a motion to research and correct inconsistent spelling between "Alga Shivers v. Algie Shivers." Administrative Coordinator Cassandra Hanan requested that Vernon County staff be added to the plan document; commissioners agreed to that addition.
Commissioners debated inclusion of farmland-preservation program language (FLP) in the Comprehensive Plan. George Wilbur said he supports preserving farmland in principle but opposed including FLP language in the plan because of potential restrictions it could create; another participant, Jack Zabrowski, noted FLP programs can be "a source of grant funding." The minutes do not show a formal amendment on FLP language; commissioners recorded differing views but ultimately approved the final draft for referral to the county board.
The commission scheduled a public hearing and set the next procedural steps for county-board referral in February.
