Southtowns Record

Minutes(July 29th Public Hearing Solar Update)

Government
Town of Concord
Board
Town Board
Meeting
Jul 29, 2026
Kind
Minutes
Topics
Energy and data center siting, Moratoriums, Zoning and land use

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July 29, 2026
TOWN OF CONCORD  July 29, 2026
Public Hearing  8:00 a.m.
Local Law #5, Update of Local Law #3, Solar Moratorium

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY PHILIP DROZD, SUPERVISOR

ROLL CALL:  PHILIP DROZD, SUPERVISOR
  CLYDE M. DRAKE, COUNCIL MEMBER
  KENNETH D. ZITTEL, COUNCIL MEMBER
  KIMBERLY S. KRZEMIEN, COUNCIL MEMBER
  KENNETH KASSEL, COUNCIL MEMBER

  ALSO PRESENT:  LAURA SAFFORD, Town Clerk
  LARRY HEIM, Hwy Supt.
  ERIC WIEDEMANN, CEO
  TOM ROBERTS, CEO

Sarah Rodriguez

Supervisor Drozd opened the Public Hearing at 8:00 a.m. regarding Proposed Local Law
#5, an update to Local Law #3 of 2026, titled “A Local Law extending the temporary
moratorium on the issuance of applications and the granting of permits, licenses or
approvals for all Solar Energy System Facilities in the Town of Concord pursuant to
Chapter 150 of the Town of Concord Code in order to allow for the consideration and
possible adoption of appropriate amendments to existing regulations pertaining to such
land uses,

  TOWN OF CONCORD
  NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Concord will be
holding a Public Hearing on Wednesday July 29, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. at the Concord Town
Hall, 86 Franklin Street, Springville, New York, for the purpose of updating Proposed
Local Law No. 3 Solar Energy System Moratorium of the Year 2026. Special meeting to
follow. All interested parties will be given an opportunity to be heard
  There will be a Special Meeting held immediately after the Public Hearing.
  All interested parties will be given an opportunity to be heard.

  The Notice of the Public Hearing was published in the Springville Journal
on July 16, 2026 and was also posted on the Town’s signboard at 86 Franklin Street,
Springville, New York, and the Town’s website www.townofconcordny.gov on July 16,
2026.

  Supervisor Drozd began the Public Hearing regarding proposed Local Law #5 of
2026:

  TOWN OF CONCORD
  LOCAL LAW NO. 5 OF THE YEAR 2026

  A Local Law amending Local Law No. 3 of 2026, which is extending the
temporary moratorium on the issuance of applications and the granting of permits,
licenses or approvals for all Solar Energy System Facilities in the Town of Concord
pursuant to Chapter 150 of the Town of Concord Code in order to allow for the
consideration and possible adoption of appropriate amendments to existing regulations
pertaining to such land uses,

Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Concord as follows: