Shelby County solar-farm regulations issue comes to a close at City Council
The final vote on the joint city-county ordinance came a day after the Shelby County Board of Commissioners approved the same compromise.
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The final vote on the joint city-county ordinance came a day after the Shelby County Board of Commissioners approved the same compromise.
The council also passed a resolution opposing the state legislation that allows teachers to go armed on school property after the bill cleared the House earlier Tuesday in Nashville.
The commission also killed an appeal by an Eads developer seeking to start on a multi-phase project and a tie-in to the City of Memphis sewer system.
The first County Commission Scorecard of 2024 also includes commission votes on large utility-scale solar farms along with pay raises in the Shelby County District Attorney General’s Office.
It was a victory for nearby residents, who had rallied against Graceland Solar and its parent company, RWE Renewables, since the beginning.
Trustee Regina Newman has “unposted” inaccurate revenue figures from County Clerk Wanda Halbert. The revenue figures, including those for last year’s wheel-tax hike, are needed to build next year’s county budget.
Under current zoning rules for solar, a resident of unincorporated Shelby County who put five solar panels in their backyard would be regulated the same as a company with a 1,500-acre solar farm.
The assessment of Shelby County’s requirements for solar farms stemmed, in part, from the pushback against a 1,500-acre project planned in Millington.
The commission may put off immediate funding for the prosecutors office until budget season. Meanwhile, commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. continues to threaten legal action against other commissioners — the second time in less than a week.
Shelby County commissioners kick off a new effort Monday, Oct. 16, to require a certain level of pay for companies getting property-tax incentives from the Economic Development Growth Engine.
All three of the ordinances are requests of Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. and are not binding on the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.
The moratorium is to consider requiring county commission approval of solar farms. Also on the Monday, Sept. 11, agenda is the second of three votes on a set of three police reform ordinances.
With power outages costing the company at least half a million dollars, the local owner of Captain D’s restaurants is planning a new solar project — and it’s got community leaders excited.
A newly-constructed Captain D’s restaurant in Whitehaven could soon run on solar power, and construction for the second phase of The Oliver project will cost $16 million.
The commission took action on the two project as part of a light agenda Monday, April 17. Meanwhile, the county continues to search for another fire station site in southeast Shelby County.
The Shelby County Commission votes Monday, April 17, on a contract for a new county fire house in a part of Corova de-annexed by the city of Memphis in 2021.
Clearway Energy Group, which is constructing the county’s first solar farm near Walls, Mississippi, recently notified government officials that activity to the site will increase.
With a new solar facility destined for the town of Walls, Mississippi looks to enhance it reputation as a future green energy state.
Amazon’s announcement of 14 new, off-site renewable energy projects includes two Arkansas solar farms.
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