Public officials outside Cleveland County are warning residents that the county commission’s decision to dissolve a budget board could have lasting consequences.
Monmouth voters defeat moratorium that would have halted commercial solar projects
On Tuesday, residents voted 578-350 to defeat the article, which allows progress to continue on a proposed solar project on Ridge Road.
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MONMOUTH Voters defeated a proposed moratorium halting commercial solar facilities, allowing a proposal for a 55-acre facility on Ridge Road to proceed.
On Tuesday, residents voted 578-350 to defeat the article.
That measure was placed on the ballot in response to a project planned by Longroad Development Co., a Boston-based renewable energy development firm, that would place about 36 acres of solar equipment, including 8-foot-high panels, on 55 acres of leased land at 483 Ridge Road, and produce 4.95 megawatts exclusively for Bath Iron Works.
Mar 7, 2021
Public officials outside Cleveland County are warning residents that the county commissionâs decision to dissolve a budget board could have lasting consequences.
Two weeks following the Cleveland County Commissionâs 2-1 decision to end the budget board, The Transcript spoke with several county elected officials and experts on budget and excise boards.
Critics of the commissionâs decision have said the move means fewer eyes on the budget and but others say oversight falls to an independent board whose members have no self interest in how county funds are spent â appointed members of the excise board.
One member is appointed from each commissioner district by the commission, the Oklahoma Tax Commission and the district judiciary who each appoint a candidate.