The Sumner County Commissioners tabled a request by VNA Corporation to rezone a parcel of property west of the Ninnescah River from rural to heavy industrial until the April 8 meeting this morning at the Raymond Frye Complex.
The Commissioners also accepted the withdrawal of a conditional use permit by VNA.
The meeting lasted less than five minutes. A room was filled to capacity for this very short proceeding.
Previously, on Nov. 7, the Sumner County Planning Commission voted to deny both the zoning request and the Conditional Use permit. As far as zoning is concerned, the recommendation was sent to the commissioners which was originally to be voted on this morning.
VNA Corp., a company headquartered in Grand Rapids, Mich. and is part of the Verbio corporation in Europe, is proposing to build a plant at 1080 N. Meridian, west of Belle Plaine, that converts wheat straw and other agricultural products into renewable natural gas to be injected into natural gas transmission systems and sold to Compressed Natural Gas filling stations.
(Read more: Sumner NewsCow)