A Galesburg city council resolution approved in December may provide $100,000 a year to the city of Galesburg from a controversial proposed electric generation project.
The resolution, discussed at Thursday evening’s community forum about the Neosho Ridge Wind project, is included in the latest draft agreement sent to the Neosho County commission. That agreement has yet to be approved.
Apex Clean Energy has proposed constructing an array of electricity-generating wind turbines in southwest Neosho County.
The 300-megawatt project would have 139 windmills on 44,000 leased acres, which would be exempt from property taxes for 10 years under Kansas law.
Apex has offered to pay the county $2,000 for each megawatt of total capacity in lieu of taxes during the exemption period.
The offer to Galesburg would be part of the total $600,000 payment to the county.
The funding allocation was part of a resolution the Galesburg city council approved in December. The resolution supported the Neosho Ridge project, contingent on the funding and on Apex working with WiNexus, a Galesburg-based internet provider.
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