Southtowns Record

Minutes(June 11th Public Hearing Solar)

Government
Town of Concord
Board
Town Board
Meeting
Jun 11, 2026
Kind
Minutes
Topics
Energy and data center siting, Moratoriums, Zoning and land use

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June 11, 2026

TOWN OF CONCORD  June 11, 2026
Public Hearing  5:15 p.m.
Solar Energy Systems Extend Moratorium Local Law

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
  MICHELLE DELL, Deputy Town Clerk
  LARRY HEIM, Hwy Supt.
  ERIC WIEDEMANN, CEO

  Supervisor Drozd opened the Public Hearing at 5:16 p.m. regarding the proposed
Local Law extending the temporary moratorium on all battery energy storage facilities.

  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 Thursday, June 11, 2026 at 5:15 p.m. at the Concord
Town Hall, 86 Franklin Street, Springville, New York, for the purpose of considering
Proposed Local Law No. 3 of the Year 2026 which, if approved, would impose a six
month extension on the existing moratorium on the issuance of applications and permits
for all Solar Energy System facilities in the Town of Concord. Copies of the proposed
local law are available for review in the office of the Town Clerk.

  All interested parties will be given an opportunity to be heard.

  The Notice of the Public Hearing was published in the Springville Journal
on May 28, 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 May 28,
2026.

  Supervisor Drozd began the Public Hearing regarding the proposed Local Law #3
of 2026:

PROPOSED
  TOWN OF CONCORD
  LOCAL LAW NO. 3 OF THE YEAR 2026

  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,

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

  SECTION I.
  SHORT TITLE

  This Local Law amends a prior Local Law known as “A Local Law extending the
temporary moratorium on the issuance of applications and the granting of permits,