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AGENDA
BOARD MEETING
April 27, 2026
9:00 AM
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call of Members
3. Approval of the Agenda
4. Consideration and Approval of April 20, 2026 Meeting Minutes
5. Public Comment
6. Committee Reports
7. Staff and Consultant Reports
8. Consideration and Action on Business Agenda Items (Motion and Roll Call Vote or Voice Votes)
a) Review of Wind Power Ordinance
b) Review of Solar, Data and Battery Storage Ordinance
c) Re-appointment of Scott Boston to the Ashland Fire Protection District Board as a Trustee to serve a three-year term
9. Closed Meeting Session (only if needed)
10. Chairman’s Remarks
11. Adjournment
MORGAN COUNTY BOARD MEETING
April 27th, 2026
The Morgan County Board of Commissioners met in the Commissioner’s office on Monday April 27th, 2026 at 9 am. Chr. Wankel asked for roll call. Clk. Sills asked for roll call as follows, Commissioner Wood answered “present”, Commissioner Woods answered “present” and Chr. Wankel answered “present”. Clk. Sills informed the Chr. a quorum is present and the meeting may continue.
Chr. Wankel said the first order of business is the approval of the agenda. Commissioner Woods made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Commissioner Wood seconded the motion. All voted “aye”. The motion has passed.
Chr. Wankel said the next order of business is the approval of the minutes from the April 20th, 2026 board meeting. Commissioner Wood made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Commissioner Woods seconded the motion. All voted “aye”. The motion has been approved.
Public Comment-Chr. Wankel stated that with the amount of the people that we have here today at the board meeting, we will limit it to 2 mins per person from the floor. We will start with public comment online. Chr. Wankel asked if there was any public comment online, hearing none we will move to the floor. There was a group of people from the floor that spoke about the data center. There was a discussion. There was one person concerned with the bridge work that will be taking place, there was a discussion.
Committee Reports-none
Staff and Consultant Reports-none
Chr. Wankel said the first order of business is a Review of Wind Power Ordinance. Susie Castleberry was present and she went over the ordinance; there was a discussion about changes that need to be made. Commissioner Woods had a few questions for Susie about the changes.
Chr. Wankel said the next thing on the agenda is a Review of the Solar, Data and Battery Storage Ordinance. There were a few questions on this from the board to Susie and there was a discussion.
Chr. Wankel said next is the Chr. would like to make a motion to approve the idea of a hard 6-month moratorium. Commissioner Wood second the motion. There was a discussion, this being discussed with Gray Noll our State’s Attorney of Morgan County prior to the meeting. Chr. Wankel asked the Clk. for roll call. Roll call as follows, Commissioner Wood answered “aye”, Commissioner Woods answered “aye” and Chr. Wankel answered “aye”. Clk. informed the Chr. motion has passed.
Chr. Wankel said that a Re-appointment of Scott Boston to the Ashland Fire Protection District Board as a Trustee to serve a three-year term needs board of approval. Commissioner Woods made a motion to approve the Re-appointment of Scott Boston to the Ashland Fire Protection District Board as a Trustee to serve a three-year term. Commissioner Wood seconded the motion. Chr. Wankel asked the Clk. for roll call. Clk. asked for roll call as follows, Commissioner Wood answered “aye”, Commissioner Woods answered “aye” and Chr. Wankel answered “aye”. The Clk. informed the Chr. motion has passed.
Closed Meeting Session (only if needed)-none
Chairman’s Remarks-Chr. Wankel said he wanted to thank everyone that came to the board meeting today it was a very good crowd of people. There was a discussion from Chr. Wankel.
Commissioner Woods made a motion to adjourn the meeting; Commissioner Wood seconded the motion. All voted “aye”. The motion has passed and the meeting stands adjourned.