SPECIALMEETING OF THE. JASPER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS  JUNE1 17,2024  PAGE 446  The. Jasper County Commissioners: mett this date at 830AM.CSTat9I05.: Sparling, Rensselaer, Indiana with the following members present: Rein Bontreger, Jeffrey DeYoung and James Walstra. Also present were Auditor, Donya Jordan, Deputy Auditor, Treasure Gilbert and Eric Beaver, the Attorney that represents the Commissioners. Those present stood and recited the Pledge of Allegiance led by Mr. Bontreger. There was al brief moment of silence following the HR DIRECTOR /HOLLY ELDRIDGE. /FMLA TRAINING: Ms. Eldridge said she thinks they need to do FMLA training for the department heads because, there's al lot of questions. She said therei isaf feei fori it andt they would come doi iti in one day. She said they would doa2 2-3-hour session int the morning and one in the afternoon. She said she has al letter of intent and if they sign, then the company can! helpl her facilitate: most oft this stuff.. Attorney. Beaver looked over the letter and said it looks like a good idea. Mr. Walstra motioned to approve signing the letter of intent, Mr. CONSTRUCTION COMPLIANCE MONITOR /S SOLARPACK: Mr. Bontreger said they are goingt to engage with VSI Engineering ast the construction compliance: monitor fori the solar project inl Kniman with Solarpack. Hes saidi ift that project goes forward, VSI Engineering would bet the eyes and ears working for the county and paid for by the developer. He said they will be working for the county to ensure the permits, steps taken, construction and interaction with the neighbors is done as planned andt toi make sure no corers are cut.. Attorney Beaver: said theyl have thel Economic Development Agreement (EDA) with Solarpack that says they will advance $80,000.00 to the county to] puti in a construction compliance monitor fund toj pay VSI Engineering. He said they can pass an oral resolution to accept thej proposal and they willl have an agreement negotiated withina couple of weeks. Mr. DeYoung motioned to approve, Mr. Walstra seconded and the motion CONFERENCE REQUEST: There was a conference request from the Clerk for her and a deputy to attend the Clerk's Fall District Conference in September. Costs incurred would be registration fees, hotel room, meals and mileage. Mr. Walstra motioned to approve, Mr. DeYoung seconded NEWPLATPRINTERI FOR RECORDER: Mr. Bontreger said at the. June 3rd, meeting, they talked about a contract for ai new plat printer for the recorder but, they didn't make ai motion to approve it. Attorney Beaver saidt the contract looked good. Mr. DeYoung motionedt to approve, Mr. Walstra COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR / KAITLYN BOOMSMA / REQUEST TO INCREASE FEE SCHEDULES: Mr. Bontreger asked Ms. Boomsma how their new camera system was working. Ms. Boomsma said they weren't finished withi installing them yet. She said she was there toj proposei increasingt their fees. She provided the Commissioners with a copy ofher proposal. She said they would) like toi increase the work release daily fee from! $15to$17. Shes said other counties charge more. She said Tippecanoe County charges a minimum daily fee of$17, plus $1/day linen rental and $1/day uniform rental, which would be a $19 minimum. She said White County is about to get their facility up and running and they are going to charge $20/day. She said Cass/Pulaski charges $22/day. She said she thinks they are very much undercharging. Ms. Boomsma said the clients somewhat have a culture shock when they are paying $400/month for work release and get out andl have toj pay $1,000/month for rent. She said they willl bet teaching al budgeting class in ai few weeks so, hopefully that willl help. She said the $2 increase per client would be about $16,000/year more that they would bring in. She said shei is also looking at the disability clients and would like to change it to non-working disability clients. She said they get clients that collect disability but, can work up to 23-241 hours a week sO, they are making money and earning their disability. She said or households below the poverty level because, they might be on disability but, their spouse is making $100,000/year SO, they aren't even being charged enough tol break even. She said her proposal is to raise the daily fee for clients on disability to  Pledge.  DeYoung seconded and the: motion carried.  carried.  andt ther motion carried.  seconded and the: motion carried.    SPECIAL. MEETING OF THE. JASPER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS  JUNE: 17,2024  PAGE 447  COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR / KAITLYN BOOMSMA REQUEST TO INCREASE FEE SCHEDULES CONTINUED: $10/day and adding the mon-workinglousehold incomel below thej poverty level. Shej proposed raising the community service and transfer out fees Mr. Bontreger asked if this was recommended by the Community Corrections Board. Ms. Boomsma saidi ity was.. Mr. Bontreger said the adjustments are within reason. Mr. DeYoung agreed. Mr. DeYoung motioned to approve increasing the fee schedule, Mr. Walstra seconded and the motion carried. Mr. Bontreger asked if their kitchen remodel was finished. Ms. Boomsma said they are waiting for ana additional appropriation tol be approved fort their appliances SO, once thati is approved they can order them. She said their meals went up from $2.251 to $3.10 so, it costs them PUBLICI HEARINGTOCONSIDER ANORDINANCEI FOR THE ADDITIONOF TWOSTOP SIGNS. AT800 N AND400 W: Mr. Bontreger opened thej public hearing to consider an ordinance for the addition oft two stop signs on CR 800. N governing eastbound and westbound directions of travel att the intersection of CR 400 W: and CR 8001 N. He said they will allow three minutes per JENNIFER JOHNSON: Wheatfield resident, Ms. Johnson, said her son was one of the boys involved int the accident at 800 and 400 on May 22,2024. She expressed how this is a dangerous intersection and pleads for the county toj puti in a four-way stop. She then read a letter that her son LIZSAMS/JM: SAMS: Ms. Sams said] her son was the one who passed away int the car accident. She said she wanted to share aj picture of the car from the accident sO, they can see what this intersection did. She said the police reports show that neither party saw each other until they were ont top ofeach other. Mr. Sams thanked everyone that showed up to support and talked about how many people havec comet tol him with similar situations. Hes saidi it was interesting how many people came tot them and said when heard about this accident, they knew exactly where it was andi itl has been aj problem for twenty years. He said he appreciated them for putting the "cross traffic does TABITHA HEEMSTRA: Ms. Heemstra said shel had lived on 8001 N since 2007. She expressed how dangerous this intersection is and said the hedges on1 the southeast corner need trimmed. She also mentioned the close-calls shel has had at this intersection. She said she likes the idea of the BOBI RICE: Mr. Rice said he lives on the northwest comer of the intersection. He said he served 15 years with Wheatfield and was first on the scene to numerous accidents there. He wondered BECKY CANARINI: Wheatfield resident, Ms. Canarini, said her son was the one driving the car with his three friends in the accident. She said back inl February, she was at Mr. Rice's house and he was talking about how dangerous that intersection is and howl hel had been fighting to makei ita JUSTINNABORS: Mr. Nabors saidh he'slived on 600N1 for 185 years. Hes said: something should've GRACEN MURRAY /KELLY MURRAY: KV student, Gracen Murray, said she was friends with Mr. Sams and talked about her point of view: from the night of the accident. She said she is in disbelief that there is not a four-way stop at this intersection already. She said nobody should havet to experience this type of grief, especially the teenagers, like herself, that are scarred for life from this tragedy. Gracen'si mother said they live on 700 Wi in Virgie and she wanted to add that shei isas schooll bus driver for KV. She said! herr route nowi includes this intersection and she'sl heard there' st been as school bus accident at thisi intersection before. She said shet talked to their  by $25.  al lot to get meals from the jail.  person to share comments concerning this topic.  wrote.  not stop" sings sincet the accident.  blinking stop lights and the four-way stops. what the criteria was to get af four-way stop put in.  four-way stop. Shej pleaded to make the intersection ai four-way stop. been done al long time ago but, hopefully they can geti iti resolved.    SPECIALMEETING OF THE. JASPER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS  JUNE 17,2024  PAGE 448  GRACENMURRAVIKIELLYL MURRAY CONTINUED: transportation director and she saida a bus goes through there 6-81 times a day. She said they beg for a four-way stop at this intersection. PENNY DIEHL /JAMES DIEHL: Ms. Diehl said shel lives on 400j just south oft the intersection. She said they' 've lived there since 2007 and when they first moved there, their neighbor greeted them and warned them about thati intersection. Het toldt them tot tell their family and friends that the intersection was onlyat two-way stop andi nota ai four-way. Shes said there'sb bushes att the intersection that have been an issue and some have been trimmed but, there's still a bush that you can'tsee around. She said they need "stop ahead" signs there because, people are: not aware that iti is nota four-way stop. She saidt they need these signs in addition to the four-way stop. Mr. Diehl said the intersection is rough and there is a slight incline heading west on 800. He said people have been trimming the bushes but, it's still not a good spot to come through. He said people fly down 800 and when you get to the intersection, you have to creep up almost into the middle of the road to MIKE MEYERS: Mr. Meyers said he's lived on 400 for 34 years. He said with the increase in populationi int the area, therei is more traffic on 800 and 400. Hes said there's bushes ini the way and you! have toj pull outi into the intersection to see around it. Hes suggested reflectors or flashing stop STACY KURDELAK, /NORA KURDELAK: Wheatfield resident, Ms. Kurdelak, said she lives acouple ofr miles away fromi the intersection. Shes said she travels the intersection every day to get to work andi iti ist terrible. She said shei is an experienced driver and it still worries her. She saidi if adult drivers are this concerned then, what about the kids. She said they need to do something at this intersection. Mr. Kurdelak's daughter, Nora, said when she was learning how to drive, she took driver's ed atl Rensselaer High School. She said one ofl her first days driving they took that way and when they arrived at the intersection, she asked her mom why it was not a four-way. She said if youl have to ask yourselfifi it should be a four-way then, it should be a four-way. She said sinces she's sl been able to drive, she purposefully avoids driving through this intersection; even ifit JENNY CANARINI: Ms. Canarini said her brother was involved in the accident. She said shei is hoping forj justice for the families involved. She mentioned her last conversation with Mr. Sams JARED TOMICH: Mr. Tomich, alongside his young son, said he and his son were in the other vehicle involved in the accident. He said this was purely an accident and a wrong place wrong time situation. He said he andl his boy were theret to support thei idea ofai four-way stop with lights. There being no further comments, Mr. Bontreger said they thank everyone for their time and they share their grief and sadness. He then closed the public hearing. He asked Mr. Caini ift they would get standard stop signs out until the solar blinking ones come in. Mr. Cain said yes and "stop ahead" signs. Mr. Bontreger asked if they get permission from the landowners, if the Highway Department could take care oft the vegetation at no cost to the landowner. Mr. Cain said yes. Mr. DeYoung motioned to approve the ordinance for the addition of two stop signs at 8001 N and 400 Mr. Haberlin saidi in the future, ift there's al bad intersection, get aj petition with a lot of signatures and bring it to the Commissioners. He said this really helps. Mr. Bontreger said there's been an increase in population and for many years, there wasn't a need. He said they do internal assessments regularly but, iti is important tol hear from the public. He said a petition would show thel local support. He said they would prefer to be proactive instead of reactive in these types of situations. He expressed their condolences for their loss and trauma and they appreciate that they've taken their griefand pain and expressed it publicly toj prevent this from happening again.  seei ifs someone is coming. He said they needt to take care of this problem.  signs.  takesl hert ten extrai minutes to get somewhere.  and said without negotiation, the stop signs should go up.  W, Mr. Walstra seconded and the: motion carried.    SPECIAL MEETING OF THE. JASPER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS  JUNE 17,2024  PAGE 449  SHERIFF WILLIAMSON / CHILLER PROJECT /2 X-RAY MACHINE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT: Sheriff Williamson: said they will send an area crash report to the Commissioners. Hes said in the last five years the county hasl had close to 3,000 wrecks, includingt the interstate. He said the report will show where the accidents occur. Mr. Bontreger asked ifi it would highlight other hot spots. Sheriff Williamson said yes. He said he doesn't] know if vegetation should bei in an ordinance or not but, it should be assessed. Attorney Beaver said they have the thoroughfare plan that sets out what the right of way is and this road wasn'tal highly used road with shorter, narrower right ofways. There were discussions about doingt traffic counts. Mr. Bontreger said they should see where the traffic patterns are so they can review the thoroughfare plan. Sherriff Williamson wanted to talk about their chiller project. He said he thinks they have eliminated the leaki ini the roof.) Hes said' Trane put a proposal together for a chiller project toj puti it on the ground. Hes saidi iti is an expensive project and a condenser system willl be expensive as well but, they are at the end ofl life with their HVAC system. He said thej project is $725,000.00. Two Trane representatives were present to answer any questions. Mr. Bontreger asked if putting the chiller on the ground will give them longer longevity. One oft the reps said it willl have about the same longevity of 20 years. He said it won't be disruptive being on the ground and they will be putting it on the south side of the jail. He said it will take a few days to transition from the old system to the new system. He said it would be best to do this during the winter with minimum Mr. Bontreger askedi ifnew roofing willl bej put down once they remove the olds system. They said they will capi it with flashing to seal it. Mr. Bontreger asked ifs yearly maintenance would be less expensive withi it being on the ground. They said from a service standpoint, it willl be much easier to deal with and access. Mr. Bontreger asked ift they havei installed a similar system to otherj jails. They said they have their systems everywhere and every building is a different size so, they put different equipment in some but, they currently looking into putting a bigger system in al bigger jail. Mr. Bontreger asked Ms. Jordan ifs shel had a chance to look at the funds. She said there is money in the LIT Special Purpose Fund. Mr. Bontreger asked if there would be enough for the project. Ms.. Jordan saids she willl havet tol look ati it again. Mr. Bontreger asked about the payments to get going. They said they will need 1/3 down to allow them to order equipment and issue contracts. They said it would take about six months sO, they are looking at the beginning of the year until they begin construction. Sheriff Williamson said that Trane will bid out the project SO, that will meet the State requirements. Mr. Walstra motioned to approve the chiller project, Mr. Sheriff Williamson requested approval for ar maintenance agreement for their, x-ray machine. Chief Wallace saidi ifthey agree to a certain amount ofy years, it would be $10,000.00ay year. Mr. Walstra motioned to approve a five-year maintenance agreement for $50,000.00, pending the Council's approval of an additional appropriation, Mr. DeYoung seconded and the motion carried. EDP WIND ROECT/CONSTRUCIOAN: COMPLIANCE MONITOR: Attorney Beaver said the county is in the process of engaging with BF&S as the construction compliance monitor for EDP's wind project. Hes said representatives are wanting to meet within the next couple of weeks to scope out the engagement. He said they might have something in writing to look at the first week of] July to formally engage BF&S ast the construction compliance company for the EDP wind SURVEYORI UPDATE: Mr. Urbano saidt they havel been spraying and getting their record-number  disruption.  DeYoung seconded and the motion carried.  OTHER BUSINESS  project.  oft tile repairs behind them.    SPECIAL MEETING OF THE. JASPER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS  JUNE 17,2024  PAGE450  BRIDGE CLOSINGS: Mr. DeYoung said that the State will be closing the two bridges on the north end of] DeMotte on 231.1 He said 700 is going to get really busy. He said they will be closed ANDY BOERSMA: Coroner Boersma joined via zoom and thanked them for maintaining their COUNCILI PRESIDENTSTEVE JORDAN: Mr. Jordan saidi itis budget time sO, the departments Ms. Doreen Ray asked Mr. Bontreger to read the public comments that were submitted on June Mary) Kuipers. DeMotte: "I am 100% opposed to any and all commercial solar panel installations in Jasper County. The problems caused by the Dunn's Bridge project should be enough to shut down any further incursions by thee dishonest companies Road damage, the lack of any real financial benefit to the county, and the destruction ofa substantial piece of our local agricultural economy are just some of the reasons to permanently close Jasper County to companies like Michelle Summers. Rensselaer: "HII Please put my name with the others who are against wind and solar farmsi in our beautiful county of. Jasper. Our farm land is sO valuable, it would be truly a great wastet toI ruini it with wind ands solar farms. Ithink much, much more: researchi is neededl before any are consideredi in our county. Wei needt tot think offuture generations. Thank youi for your time. Cynthia Ziesel Rensselaer: "I would like larger setbacks. For solar and fort the battery storage.. AS far ast thet test well,I I would just put something about, allowing this ordinance toj pass without other language for CO@ pipelines and wells seems like they are not working to keep BP out. If they want to allow it for IBEC they need to put a cap on the amount of CO2 we will allow to be sequestered in our county. Nor more using IBEC as an excuse to allow) BP.It's either IBEC: andi no bp or we: support neither of them. If we can alert people specifically in Remington for wind and Kniman for solar that would be beneficial. the property value guarantee for the solar projects. Therei is ani issue with may Vs shall language. It should state SHALL. No option. Joseph Amsler. Rensselaer: "II havel been a tax paying resident of jasper county my entire life.I haver nevers seen such flagrant disregard for the constituents like Ihavet the lasts several years. These projects going ont throughout our county are doing nothing but destroying our farm ground causing ongoing conflict withi neighbors and families. They have yet toi fix orI replace the drainage that they destroyed in return will cause flood issues on neighbors. The co2 issue is beyond logic. The sit Simon'ss sandstone per past studies is not at optimal depth and doesn'th hit target safety depth until you get 40-50 south ofj jasper county it's an unwarranted and irresponsible decision. There is not enough data on the table for this you could destroy our community and the future of our county. At what cost does our community have to suffer thesei irresponsible decisions. We: also have other major issues we. have political officials that are directly tied to these projects a past economic development head now working for the solar company. The ambitions ofother are growing and at the cost of us the constituents who elected yout to make the: right decision for the community as a Steven Meadows. Wheatfield: "Commissioners: as a resident of. Jasper County over 20 years I wish to express my opposition to any solar, wind or CO2 sequestration in our county. It will devalue our home values andi is unsightly in appearance. Those of us who did not grow up here buti moved! here fori thej peace and quiet andt thel beauty oft the countryside willl bel left withi no option but to move on from Jasper County. Do your duty! Stop any approvals of permits and further  fort three months.  integrity and fixing thes stop signs. need to get their budgets together. PUBLICCOMMENT  3,2024. Mr. Bontreger read the following comments:  SolarPac."  Respectfully, Michelle Summers"  whole."  degradation of our County!"    SPECIAL MEETING OF THEJASPER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS  JUNE: 17,2024  PAGE4 451  Mackenzie Pelsy: "As a resident of Jasper County I am disappointed in our elected leadership. I (my family/ we) elected you all to represent our county and our best interests. Letting in these green new deal projects willl hurt our quality ofl life and our property values. Iwould like to see a mandatory property value guarantee fora all ofthese types of development. Therei ist no way tol know whatt this willl leadt toi in the: future andt the largest stakeholders in. Jasper County are the taxpayers. Ithink allowing the co2 test well isj just opening the door for BP to come in and do their pipeline and wells. If your concerns are for IBEC then protect IBEC: and END all the rest. These projects arel hurting the character of counties all over the state. Do we want to be leaders or followers?I would like to see our community be the example of whati it looks liket toj protect its citizens." Caleb del Jong. Rensselaer: "Goodi morning, Iwould liket toj please statel Ibeingar resident of] Jasper County do not want any more of these renewable projects in Jasper County. I understand the previous establishment gave the OK on current projects. But you can make the rules on them tighter. Youa ast the commissioners have that ability andi responsibility as our elected officials. How many citizens are coming to you asking for these tol bel leti in?1 Now look at how many citizens are asking yout tol keep them out. Please consider listening to the voters that put youi in office. Please listen to the people. Notl lobbyists. I understand your concerns fori income for our county. But we need responsible economic development. We have three interstate exits with municipal utilities. Let's give tax abatements to companies that will actually employ large numbers of our residents. Fort the well-being of Jasper County. Please reach out to other commissioners in other counties that have successfully blocked unwanted renewable projects from their county's. They will share with youl how they did that. And one last plea, please change the commissioner meeting time so thati more public can make it. Everyone has jobs, including you. Thank you for your time." Derek de Jong. Rensselaer: "I do not think Jasper county should be giving up land for these projects. The land is better used for agriculture. As far as the CO2, there is enough research out theret to show that iti is not a problem. In fact, the CO2 is already lower than its should be." Frank Williams. DeMotte: "The majority oft the people Don't want solar panels keep the fields for Shyla Brown. Goodland: "Hi,Ilivei in Jasper County on 980 W.J Just between 1300 and 1400. We are directly in the proposed windmill zone. We are opposed to this project entirely. We are concerned for the safety of our children, our property values and many of thel health risks that are involved with the sound, flickering and the motion being felt from these. I would like to ask fora property guarantee from the county or EDP ifthis project does go through. I want to be clear that Ilove where Ilive. Il love my neighbors and my community. Ihave no issues with my neighbors doing wantt they want with their property. However, my concerns lie with when what they do with their property directly affects my property and health. Ibelievei in being a good neighbor without an agreement on paper. Please do thei right thing and shut down this] project. At the end oft the day, it's our tax dollars being spent on these and its just money. Two big land owners in carpenter township are pushing fort these (and one doesn'teven] livel here). The wealthy getting more money offt thel backs oft those who cannot] just pick up andl leave. The windmill company (Michael Koch) stood on my front doorstep and lied about the project being a done deal. How many other people felli for this misleading proposal?! Have youa as commissioner al read a good neighbor agreement?! Has EDP sent you a copy of one? Ie encourage you to do so if you haven't. Another concern of mine is the money they are "giving", back to our community. In my proposed good neighbor agreement is states thatt they willl be giving Tri-county school district 18 million dollars. IfI'mnot mistaken, tri-county schools lie within white county and already receive money from Benton and white county wind projects. There are 2 other school districts within our county that are hurting tremendously!: I'mi not saying they shouldn'treceive: some money ift the project goes through but it doesn't make sense to give that much money to another county when wel have schools. Some childrent that] liver withint thep proposed wind project area do attend] Rensselaer School district. Thank  crops"  you for your time and consideration. Shylal Brown"    SPECIALMEETING OF THE. JASPER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS  JUNE 17,2024  PAGE452  Matthew, Rensselaer: "Please do not waste tax money on this nonsense issue. Much more information needs tol be addressed. Thei ideat that' "greenhouse Gasses " are responsible for global warming is an assumption. Please research the following: htps/hampgialasiacdu Preface At the request oft thel Department of] Defense (Air Force Research Laboratory) and the National Science Foundation (NSF; Directorate for Geosciences/Division: of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences), the Space Studies) Board oft thel National Research Council (NRC) helda a workshop on May 20-21, 2013, in Washington, D.C., entitled "Thel Role of High-Power, Highl Frequency- Band Transmitters in Advancing) omophene/Demmogpherc Research." The workshop provided af forum fori information exchange between the comparatively small group ofs scientists engaged inj programs of upper atmospheric research using high-power, high-frequency (HF) radar transmitters ("heaters") and the larger ITM (omophere-hemosphere-magnetosphere) research community. For a variety of reasons- including the different orientations of the Department of Defense, which is primarily interested in applied research: related to activei ionospheric modification,1 and the civil agencies, principally NSF, which havel broader mandates for basic research- these communities have historically viewed themselves as being distinct with limited overlapping interests. As indicated int the terms of reference ("statement oft task") developed by the sponsors (see Appendix A), the workshop was organized to consider the utility ofheatersi in upper atmospheric research in general, with a specific focus on the High Frequency. Active Auroral Research] Program (HAARP) transmitter facility, whichi is located in Gakona, Alaska. The motivations for the workshop were twofold. First, the sponsors oft the workshop were aware oft the potential-onet that became increasingly apparent during the period between project approval by thel NRC in] late Spring 2012 and the actual workshop in late Spring 2013-for substantial cutbacks in support by the. Air Force fort the continuing operation ofHAARP.2 Second, NSP'supper atmosphere: research section is considering transfer to Gakona, Alaska, of the AMISR (Advanced! Modular Incoherent Scatter. Radar) re-locatable modular phased-array radar, located at) Poker Flat, Alaska (thus, known as PFISR), for joint research campaigns with thel HAARP transmitter and ancillary instruments. Although the original statement of task was never revised, the organizers were keenly aware of the increasing interest among the sponsors for focused discussions on the HAARP facility. The workshop agenda and the preponderance of discussions att the workshop reflect thesei interests. The workshop agenda and al list of participants are shown in Appendixes B and C, respectively, and biographical information about the workshop organizing committee is shown in Appendix D. While the committee is responsible for the overall quality and accuracy oft the report as ai record of what transpired att the workshop, the views contained: int the report are not necessarily those of all workshop participants, the committee, or the NRC. It should also be recognized thatt the report summarizes, but does not evaluate critically, the: assertions made by participants oft the potential utility for high-power, high-frequency transmitters ort the HAARP facility. Finally, although the authors oft this summary have attempted toj provide context for the often highly technical discussions that took place, the summary is not intended tol be aj primer onl heaters in general, HAARP inj particular, or current issuesi in upper atmosphere: research. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2014. Opportunities: for High-Power, High-Frequency Transmitters to Advance lomogphcie/Demmopiene Research: Reportofa Workshop. Washington, DC: Thel National Aurora de Jong. Rensselaer: "I don't want any more: renewable projects and) I want tight regulations ont the ones that were approved. Absolutely no CO2. Thank you." Matthew. Rensselaer: "Please stop wasting our farm land. Centralized power production leaves us vulnerablei toj power outages for any number of reasons. A far better use for solar and /or wind energy is smaller units on individuals' homes and businesses."  Academies Press. gg017241Ba    SPECIAL MEETING OF THE. JASPER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS  JUNE 17,2024  PAGE 453  David Myers. Wheatfield: "County Commissioners, I want to express my concern for the recent addition and consideration ofaf full-time administrative assistant for. Jasper County EMS. Both Wheatfield and] Keener Twp. EMS operate with one self-funded part-time administrative assistant. I believe that itis only fairt to allocate funds equally to all three EMS units of] Jasper County for the administrative assistant position which does not warrant being full-time." Frank Newton. Wheatfield: "Need two minutes tos support reducing the speed limit on 400w to 45) MPH and maintaining the current 35MPH on a small residential portion of400w and installation ofs several speed limit signs. Also, to report the findings of the observation study of the newlyi installed solar powered flashing stop signs att the railroad crossing on 400w." Karen Youngs. Rensselaer: "T will not! be able to attend the meeting. But I ami not ini favor of the windmills ands solar, clean energy.) Ibelieve there is enough research out theret that truly shows Janl Duttlinger. DeMotte: Wer needt to stop all these "green" projects. They are based on lies, are amassive. abuse of taxpayer funds, are driven by greed and political interests, and waste and degrade working farm ground that is needed for food production, for national security. Any economic benefit thati is] promoted favors a few, whilel harming all, and willl be short-term, at best ultimately leaving local residents with ruined property values, a degraded local environment, andj potential fori massive clean-up that will be beyond expensive, ift the damage can truly even be mitigated. Itis alsoi important tor note - much oft the harm that will be done may be almost impossible to' prove" without untenable cost to thei individuals who willl bel harmed, leaving them ata al huge disadvantage against corporate and governmental interests against whom they'd havet toi fight. Idon't want the way ofl life ofthis county, which] has beenl home to multiple generations oft my family, destroyed. This county SHOULDN NOT allowi itselft to bet turned into a utility closet and dumping ground for outside interests and other cities, towns, or localities." Mr. DeYoung motioned to adjourn, Mr. Walstra seconded and the motion carried.  that thisi is not truly clean energy."  LRe Rein] Bontreger, President  hnaaak James A. Walstra, Vice President  ATTEST:  - Mépber  Abaey  mS.Gphan Donya G.. Jordan, Auditor of] Jasper County