Articles Tagged: Linn County Board of Supervisors

The rezoning is a small but significant step in NextEra Energy’s efforts to restart the nuclear plant near Palo

The vote on Monday advances NextEra Energy’s plan to restart the nuclear plant near Palo, but additional approvals and agreements remain outstanding.

Linn County Supervisor Kirsten Running-Marquardt will serve as chair of the board of supervisors this year, with Sami Scheetz as vice chair.

The county’s Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended to rezone land around the nuclear energy plant.

The move would address evolving space needs of the Linn County Auditor’s Office and lead election services “into the future.”

Starting next year, county officials hope to leverage a multiphase renovation project — and a game of “musical office chairs” — to tackle growing space needs at the Linn County Courthouse.

The move comes amid a surge in commercial interest in the county’s unincorporated areas.

The funds will come from the Witwer Trust Grant Program, a private trust that provides funding annually for nonprofits serving Linn County residents.

The Linn County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a road use agreement with QTS in light of wear-and-tear sustained by rural roads in the area since the start of construction.

Linn County Sustainability Director Cara Matteson explains the reasoning behind the research.

Linn County will partner with University of Iowa researchers to learn more about water quality and pollution sites within the county through three studies that will act as the “backbone” of the county’s comprehensive water quality management and mitigation plan.

Tech giant Google has approached Linn County officials about a proposed data center project near Palo. The county is taking several steps to inform discussions around how data centers could affect things like zoning, water availability.

Under a proposal headed to the Linn County Board of Supervisors, NextEra Energy would pay up to $104,000 in application fees to rezone the land around the Duane Arnold nuclear plant.

Following the summer sale of the Marion airport runway to a private company, private and public stakeholders are turning their focus to what’s next for the airport and the land surrounding it.

Linn County has officially adopted a nuclear energy ordinance — making it one of the only counties in the state with a nuclear-specific zoning code.