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Board holds closed session on Norway solar development docket; returns with no public decisions

Page County Board of Supervisors · August 12, 2026

Summary

Under Iowa Code section 21.5, the board met in closed session with county counsel to discuss the county's representation before the Iowa Utilities Commission and a docket filed by Mid America concerning the proposed Norway solar development. The board returned to open session and announced no decisions were made.

Chair moved that the board convene in closed session under Iowa Code section 21.5 to meet with county counsel regarding representation before the Iowa Utilities Commission in a docket filed by Mid America related to the proposed Norway solar development agreement. The motion to go into closed session was seconded and the board voted in favor.

The board met privately and later returned to open session; the Chair stated the board had made no decisions during the closed session and the public agenda resumed. Because the matter was discussed in closed session under the statutory exception for attorney-client and litigation strategy, no substantive details from the closed session were disclosed at the public meeting.

The board cited the Iowa Code provision as the authority for closing the meeting and identified the subject as the county attorney's representation before the Iowa Utilities Commission regarding the Norway solar docket. No formal action or vote on the underlying docket was reported at the public meeting.

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