(The Center Square) – Indiana lawmakers already have taken steps to help the state’s small businesses survive and recover during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but business owners are looking for
Franklin County could be getting a significant jolt of local solar energy â that is if plans presented by local energy advocates Andy McDonald and Walt Baldwin are adopted.
The ambitious 39-page plan proposes that the City of Frankfort, Franklin County Fiscal Court, Frankfort Independent Schools, and Franklin County Schools come together to cooperate on a 20 megawatt (MW), 150-acre solar project.
The planâs implementation would be contingent on the Frankfort Plant Boardâs approval. The proposed facility would be funded by a private developer with no cost to the local government entities; McDonald and Baldwin estimated that the project would save the organizations a collective $1.2 million annually but cost FPB $800,000 in revenue reductions.
Discussion regarding an expansion of Greensburg’s landfill recently continued. File photo
GREENSBURG The Decatur County Board of Zoning Appeals met recently to discuss the much debated issue of a landfill expansion at the site of the Decatur Hills/Best Way landfill at 2280 S. U.S. Hwy. 421, Greensburg, in Washington Township.
Following a lengthy discussion, the Board voted 3 to 2 in favor of allowing the special exception needed to move forward with the planned expansion.
Curt Publow, Environmental Compliance Manager for Best Way, spoke to the Board.
“I want to reiterate that we’re here to ask for a special exception which will allow us to continue our existing business of a landfill on a new 48.4 acres across the road from our original location,” Publow said. “This won’t represent a change in our practice or operation, but is simply an expansion in our business in an adjacent property.”