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After listening to a presentation about county IT services by Dave Sharr, of RTI, on Aug. 30, Holt County Supervisors authorized the Sioux City-based company to conduct an assessment for managed IT services in the courthouse, annex, road and administrative buildings. Supervisors also approved a quote from Boyd's Network Solutions to expand the current phone system in the administrative building. County planning and zoning administrator Marv Fritz briefed supervisors on the commission's approval...
Holt County Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit, Aug. 22, for VRDG, LLC, to construct a commercial solar conversion system. Matt Robinette, of Bluestem Energy Solutions, represented VRDG, LLC, and explained the 325-megawatt nameplate capacity site. Three hundred Holt County acres would be used in the project, with the balance of construction set to take place in Knox County. Approximately 68 megawatts would be produced in Holt County and 257 megawatts would come from the Knox...
Leadership in Holt County will remain the same. Supervisors elected Bill Tielke, of Atkinson, to serve as chairman for 2024. The vote was taken Friday when the group met for an organizational meeting at the courthouse in O'Neill. Doug Frahm, of Amelia, will lead the board of equalization. In addition to designating committee assignments for the year, supervisors set salaries and/or hourly wages for county employees. Sheriff Ben Matchett said a three-year plan for deputies' wages, with a $2...
Regulations regarding construction and operation of solar energy conversion systems were approved, Friday, when Holt County supervisors met in regular session. County planning and zoning administrator Marv Fritz provided an update via phone. According to Fritz, planning and zoning board members suggested using the property line as the setback because “it’s the cleanest.” “If it’s the property line, it only deals with a house. Any of the other stuff isn’t going to have an effect,” Fritz said. ...
Holt County Supervisors will cover multiple topics, including acceptance of the audit report, discussion on a communications tower lease and an interview for a mechanic’s position when they meet Nov. 16, at 9:45 a.m. A public hearing for consideration of a conservation easement will be held at 10:15 a.m., Nov. 16, at the supervisors’ room at the Holt County Courthouse in O’Neill. Randall and Tara North submitted an application for the easement. During the Oct. 16 supervisors’ meeting, Holt County Planning and Zoning Commission adminis...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING HOLT COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION Notice is hereby given that the Holt County Planning and Zoning Commission will meet in special session for a public hearing, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, at 7 p.m., at the Holt County Annex meeting room at 128 North 6th Street, O’Neill. The purpose of the hearing is to hear public comments for the proposed addition of guidelines pertaining to the construction and operation of solar energy conversion systems, to the Holt County Planning and Zoning regulations. A copy of the p...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING HOLT COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION Notice is hereby given that the Holt County Planning and Zoning Commission will meet in special session for a public hearing on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, at 7 p.m., at the Holt County Annex meeting room, at 128 North 6th Street, O’Neill. The purpose of the meeting is to hear public comment and response to a proposal adding guidelines pertaining to the construction and operation of solar energy conversion systems, to the Holt County Planning and Zoning Regulations. A copy of t...
PROCEEDINGS PUBLIC HEARING Resolution 2021-32 HOLT COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION A special public hearing of the Holt County Planning and Zoning Commission was held at 7 p.m., July 10, 2023, at the Holt County Annex. Present were commission members: Grace Coleman, Mary Kaczor, Dan Grass, John Krysl, Keith May, Kevin Dekay and Marv Fritz. Absent were commission members Frank Heying and Rod Heiss. Notice of this meeting was given in advance by posting in three publications and posted in Holt County Clerk’s office. All proceedings h...
PROCEEDINGS PUBLIC HEARING Solar Energy Regulations HOLT COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION A special public hearing of the Holt County Planning and Zoning Commission was held at 7 p.m., July 10, 2023, at the Holt County Annex. Present were commission members: Grace Coleman, Mary Kaczor, Dan Grass, John Krysl, Keith May, Kevin Dekay and Marv Fritz. Absent were commission members Frank Heying and Rod Heiss. Notice of this meeting was given in advance by posting in three publications and posted in Holt County Clerk’s office. All proceedings h...
PROCEEDINGS OF REGULAR MEETING HOLT COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION A regular meeting of the Holt County Planning and Zoning Commission was held at 7:30 p.m., on Monday, July 10, 2023, at the Holt Count Annex. Present were commission members: Grace Coleman, Mary Kaczor, Dan Grass, John Krysl, Keith May, Kevin Dekay and Marv Fritz. Absent were commission members Frank Heying and Rod Heiss. Notice of this meeting was given in advance by posting in three publications and posted in Holt County Clerk’s office. All proceedings hereafter s...
Holt County Supervisors will hear public testimony, Friday, regarding the addition of Resolution 2021-32 to county zoning laws. As written, the resolution “would oppose the designation of lands in Holt County as wilderness, wilderness study areas, wildlife preserves, open space or other conservation easements that are perpetual in nature, thereby restricting public access to such lands and preventing the development and productive use of resources on or within such lands.” Friday’s heari...
A resolution opposing perpetual land and water conservation easements will be included in Holt County zoning documents. Planning and zoning commission members accepted the resolution from Holt County Supervisors, as is, on a 4-2 vote, during a Feb. 27 public hearing. A handful of Holt County residents asked questions about Resolution 2021-32, which would "oppose the designation of lands in Holt County as wilderness, wilderness study areas, wildlife preserves, open space or other conservation...
First of all, thank you for giving me the opportunity to address your group about the proposed planning commission changes. I thought we had killed this a while back and would not hear from the commission until they had a complete plan that had been thoroughly vetted. I have been on quite a few boards in my life. I can appreciate that you are doing what you think is best. I would ask you to consider an additional point of view. • I had a conversation at Elgin a few years back, that sounded like what I believe is happening again here, now. I w...
