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Dec. 1 Hearings Advance Blackford County Moratorium Proposals

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Dec. 1 Hearings Advance Blackford County Moratorium Proposals
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From the Blackford County Area Plan Commission meeting on November 10, 2026

Blackford County’s Area Plan Commission set a Dec. 1 hearing and discussion path for proposed temporary halts on data-center, wind and solar permitting, without adopting any of those pauses Nov. 10.

The action follows the commission’s Oct. 6 votes to begin pursuing a halt on new applications while ordinances were written. The Nov. 10 votes moved the proposals toward public consideration rather than putting a moratorium into effect immediately, as the process is more nuanced.

For data centers, Commission Member Jeremy Trant worked on a motion after attorney John Moynihan advised against wording that implied immediate adoption. The commission instead put the matter on its Dec. 1 agenda to begin considering an ordinance amendment.

Wind and solar were handled in separate motions. Kerra Armstrong moved to set a Dec. 1 hearing to begin the wind-moratorium discussion. The commission later took up solar separately, following Moynihan’s advice to use three distinct motions.

Source: YouTube transcript — Blackford County - Area Plan Commission Meeting (APC) - November 10, 2026

Some information may be inaccurate due to video audio quality.

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