HUTCHINSON, Kan. — At the beginning of the Reno County Commission meeting, County Counselor Joe O’Sullivan urged the commission to stop hearing comments on the proposed NextEra Energy wind farm.

The issue is no longer in their hands since the proposed moratorium was rejected.

O’Sullivan believes that hearing comments could influence them to take a position without all the facts when the item isn’t even officially before them at this point:

 

NextEra has yet to file an application for the project, but indicated earlier that it plans to file an application for the special use permit no later than Feb. 15.

O’Sullivan says all comments, any written or typed notes, should be sent to the planning commission. He talked about not hearing any more public comments:

 

After hearing from O’Sullivan, the commission voted to not hear any more comments on the issue until it goes through the proper legal process. That means it would go through the planning commission before it would come back to commissioners.