Overview
- The Common Council held a first reading and public hearing on a proposed Tax Incremental District to fund water, sewer and electrical upgrades for the Vantage project, taking no action Tuesday night.
- City meetings have been relocated to the Lepanto Banquet Center due to overflow crowds, with sessions scheduled there on Nov. 4 and Nov. 18 under a new safety plan that adds officers and enforces decorum.
- The development agreement for the roughly $8 billion data center campus is already approved, envisioning four facilities on nearly 2,000 acres near I-43 between Highland and Lake drives.
- Mayor Ted Neitzke IV issued a proclamation and letter asking the Public Service Commission to favor an alternative transmission route that uses existing lines to avoid environmental corridors and dairy farms.
- American Transmission Company’s routing proposal will be reviewed by the PSC, while residents press environmental and transparency concerns and union supporters tout jobs and apprenticeship opportunities.