Earlier this week the Town Board voted to allow Cenergy, a subsidiary of CG Power Solutions, to build the turbines which, reversed the decision from last week that would have delayed the project two months.
Last week, the Town Board approved the permits for the project but then closed the meeting after many of the more than 100 residents at the meeting voiced a strong opinion against the decision. The board reconvened the meeting later that day and eventually voted to delay a decision on the permit for 60 days.
Cenergy officials stated that reconvening the meeting on March 7 was illegal. Wind turbine opponents argued that the permits could be delayed based on an emergency reference to the state legislative committee.
Recently a state legislative committee suspended the siting rules that had been approved by the Public Safety Commission, claiming that there was enough evidence to suggest that turbines could threaten the publics health and safety.
At Wednesday's meeting questions surfaced about the legality of all action taken at the reconvened meeting earlier this month. So the board voted that day to rescind all votes of the reconvened meeting, leaving the original vote to approve the permits.
The board then voted not to change the original votes.
Many town residents wanted the board to delay a decision on the turbines until more information could be presented on the health and safety risks of turbines.
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