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Page 85 July 15, 2026 TOWN OF CONCORD SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING JULY 15, 2026 8:15 a.m. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY PHILIP DROZD, SUPERVISOR, at 8:23 a.m. 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, HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT ERIC WIEDEMANN, CEO v Irene Gangler Caroline Francisco Leslie Bennett Julie Francisco Zachary Nobles Neal Steward Nicole Gangler Angela Steward Sarah Rodriguez Valerie Csehoski Nan Regan Shannon Darr Diana Whitney Supervisor Drozd opened the Special Town Board Meeting at 8:23 A.M., and asked the Board to vote on the following: TOWN OF CONCORD LOCAL LAW NO. 4 OF THE YEAR 2026 A Local Law Establishing a Temporary Moratorium on Applications, Approvals, Permits, and Construction Related to Data Centers Within the Town of Concord. Purpose of Proposed Local Law: The proposed Local Law would establish a temporary moratorium on the acceptance, processing, review, consideration, approval, and issuance of applications, permits, certificates, site plan approvals, special use permits, variances, building permits, and other land use approvals relating to the construction, establishment, expansion, enlargement, conversion, or operation of data centers within the Town. For purposes of the proposed Local Law, a "Data Center" shall mean a building, facility, or group of buildings and facilities used primarily for the housing, operation, management, processing, storage, transmission, or distribution of digital data or electronic information through computer servers, networking equipment, data storage systems, cooling equipment, backup power systems, and related infrastructure, including colocation facilities, cloud computing facilities, artificial intelligence computing facilities, high-performance computing facilities, and similar commercial computing operations. The purpose of the moratorium is to allow the Town Board sufficient time to study the potential land use, zoning, environmental, infrastructure, public safety, utility demand, noise, traffic, and community character impacts associated with data centers and to determine whether amendments to the Town's Comprehensive Plan, Zoning Law, Site Plan Review Law, and other applicable regulations are necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the Town. The proposed moratorium would remain in effect for a period of one year from its effective date unless earlier modified, extended, or repealed by the Town Board. This Local Law shall become effective immediately, as provided by law, upon filing with the New York Secretary of State.