Unusable land at the Knox County Landfill is getting a new purpose. The Knox County Board approved an option agreement with Ameresco Solar Land Holding to have solar arrays set up on around 45 acres of land. The space is considered brownfield land, unusable because of the potential presence of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants. Bob Bondi, the Infrastructure Committee Chair, says that the land was unusable and this turns it into something taxable for the county. "Land that we otherwise couldn't use or couldn't be used for farming or anything else for, literally, centuries and puts it into production and allows us to have a potential lease from Ameresco. And a fairly long term, at least 20 years if this should come together like we hope." The agreement will see solar panels installed over landfills 1 and 2 with a 20-year lease term. During last month's meeting, Board Chair Jared Hawkinson explained that there was potential to expand the acreage be
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May 27, 2021
How to use funds that Knox County received from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 will be determined by a task force that is being put together by the Knox County Board.
Board members approved the creation of the task force at their meeting Wednesday night that’ll see the 12-member task force created feature select board members and five members of the general public.
County Board Chair Jared Hawkinson says the task force would be focused on using the funds to invest in the community. He said that the county received $4,826,724 on May 24.
He said there were 151 pages of “heavy-handed” rules for how the money is to be used and called for the task force to be created to come up with ways to use the money, investing in the community.