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Brad Barnes raises tax‑equity and land‑value concerns about renewable projects on prime farmland
Summary
At the July 14 DeWitt County Land Use Committee meeting, resident Brad Barnes called attention to potential impacts of solar and wind projects on prime farmland, citing tax‑equity issues and incentives that he said benefit developers.
Brad Barnes told the DeWitt County Land Use Committee on July 14 that renewable energy projects on prime farmland could affect land values and raise questions about tax equity.
Barnes said he had emailed committee members earlier in the day and asked the committee to consider how incentives and tax credits for solar and wind projects are allocated. The committee took no formal action on his remarks during the meeting.
The comment came during the public‑comment portion of the committee’s July meeting, which otherwise included a zoning report and routine approvals. No specific project decisions or votes followed Barnes’s remarks.
