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Galva and Kewanee-area residents urge county to address ambulance delays and protect farmland
Summary
During public comment, residents raised delayed ambulance response times in Galva and asked the county to protect farmland from data center or sequestration projects that could affect water and soil resources.
Several residents used the committee's public-comment period on June 9 to raise community concerns about emergency response and land-use threats. Amanda Stogdel, a Galva resident, told the committee she was worried about delayed ambulance services serving the Galva area and also expressed apprehension about potential local land and water impacts from a carbon dioxide sequestration project.
Linda Grant, a Kewanee-area resident, asked that the Data Center Moratorium explicitly address water and energy usage and urged that productive farmland be protected. Dustin Williams thanked the committee for taking a proactive approach on data centers and urged the county to develop "meaningful protections" for any proposed projects. The minutes record the commenters and their concerns but do not show detailed responses or commitments to specific remedies from the committee.
