Articles Tagged: Linn County Board of Supervisors

The Linn County Board of Supervisors is enacting a policy to help county staff handle incidents of workplace violence by employees or the public, making clear that physical, verbal or visual threats or other disruptive behavior are not allowed on county property.

The Linn County Board of Supervisors unanimously advanced on second consideration tighter restrictions in its ordinance governing utility-scale solar projects Wednesday. That leaves one more week for the supervisors to hear public input and make changes before voting to adopt the ordinance Sept. 20.

The Linn County Board of Supervisors unanimously advanced tighter restrictions in its ordinance regulating utility-scale solar projects, signaling support for the policy changes made to balance the interests of farmers and neighbors with supporting projects that will generate more renewable energy.

Florida-based Liberty Counsel is in process of reviewing both local ordinances to see about challenging them.

The Linn County Board of Supervisors in September will take three votes to adopt new ordinance language with tighter regulations governing utility-scale solar applications as a pause on new projects nears its expiration date.

A project that will transform the Central Plaza at City Square Park in the heart of Uptown Marion got a $100,001 boost Wednesday with federal COVID-19 relief funds award by the Linn County Board of Supervisors.

A judge has ruled against Palo-area residents who filed a lawsuit last year opposing rezoning to allow two industrial-scale solar projects to be built near the former Duane Arnold Energy Center.

Grappling with fiscal uncertainty after state law changes, Linn County supervisors warned department heads that they shouldn’t expect to receive surplus funds in future budgets any time soon and encouraged them to cut spending where possible.

The Linn County Board of Supervisors extended a pause on accepting new applications for utility-scale solar installations through Sept. 30 for the last time before the three-member board adopts new code governing the projects.

Linn County Supervisor Louie Zumbach pitched streamlining services with area local governments in his State of the County address while lamenting record-high inflation and downplaying the role of state property tax reform in the fiscal woes facing the county.

The Linn County Board of Supervisors signaled preliminary interest in having the developer of the Dows Farm “agri-community” site buy and take over management of the farm elements of the property.

Beyond fiscal 2024, permanent funding will need to be identified for the Sustainability Department role aimed at boosting disaster resiliency. But the supervisors’ decision ends months of uncertainty over how to fund the role after they barred the use of ARPA dollars to pilot the position.

Also, you’re invited to help pick up litter today in C.R.

The Linn County Board of Supervisors will start from scratch on its consideration of an ordinance governing how close to structures a hazardous pipeline could be built.

The Linn County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to extend its pause on new large-scale solar projects. The renewable energy review committees have final meetings this week to assess the county ordinance governing the solar projects.