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Committee authorizes acting chair to finalize BESS ordinance edits and forward to ZBA

Ford County Zoning Committee · July 30, 2026

Summary

Greg Niewold moved and the committee unanimously authorized Acting Chair Cindy Ihrke to make suggested text changes to the County's BESS ordinance and then send the amended text to the Zoning Board of Appeals for hearing.

The committee reviewed draft text amendments to the Ford County Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) ordinance and discussed suggested changes. The minutes note the committee "went through the entire ordinance and reviewed changes, made suggestions, and agreed on further text amendments."

Following discussion, Greg Niewold moved to allow Cindy Ihrke to make suggested changes to the BESS ordinance and then send the text to the ZBA; Tom McQuinn seconded. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. The action authorizes the acting chair to finalize the edits and refer the ordinance text to the ZBA for a public hearing rather than adopting final language at the committee level.

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