Lawsuit says 2 Cherry County Board members have conflicts of interest in wind farm fight
A battle over wind energy development in Nebraska’s Sand Hills will head to court this week as an advocacy group attempts to stop a controversial project in Cherry County.
A lawsuit filed earlier this month claims two Cherry County Board members stand to financially gain from approval of a 19-turbine wind farm planned west of Kilgore because of familial connections to the project — a project they’re scheduled to vote on this week.
The filing, which will go before a judge in Holt County on Monday, seeks to prohibit board members Martin DeNaeyer and Tanya Storer from “hearing, discussing, considering, influencing or voting” on the project.
At a public hearing Tuesday, the three-member County Board is scheduled to vote on a conditional use permit application by developer BSH Kilgore.
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