The Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce sent out an email blast to its members last Friday advising them to contact Reno County Commissioners to ask them to support the proposed NextEra Energy wind farm in southeast Reno County.
That, despite the county commission adopting a policy in March – and reiterating it during at least two commission meetings since – that the commissioners cannot consider input on zoning applications such as the one sought by NextEra outside of information presented to it via the Reno County Planning Commission’s process.
Chamber President Debra Teufel said both the Chamber’s board of directors and its Economic Development Advisory Council asked the Chamber to take a more emphatic stance in support of the project.
That was after some members were “shocked and surprised” by the Planning Commission’s 4-3 vote recommending denial of conditional use permit for the Florida developer.
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