Planning commission backs recommendation to develop farmland preservation ordinance, approves motion 6-1

The Vernon County Planning Commission voted to recommend that the county develop and adopt a farmland preservation ordinance and to incorporate farmland preservation principles into the comprehensive plan. Supervisor Nathaniel Slack moved the recommendation; the motion was restated and, after a second, the commission adopted the restated motion on a voice vote, 6-1.

The action directs county planning work to include farmland preservation as an element of the comprehensive plan. The transcript records Slack’s initial motion to incorporate farmland preservation into the plan and the final voice vote result of 6-1; the meeting did not record individual roll-call vote names. The commission scheduled further comprehensive-plan work and map review for the September meeting as part of next steps related to implementation.