The Chairman of the DeWitt County Board is weighing in after a potentially very costly DeWitt County Board meeting Thursday night.

Last month, the Board voted to put a hold on issuing further building permits for the Alta Farms II wind project in northwest DeWitt County until they received an appropriate response from Enel on its ability to curtail the wind towers during severe weather events. A proposal to move forward with issuing the permits Thursday was rejected by the Board and on the WHOW Morning Show Friday, Terry Ferguson told Regional Radio News he believes it is a matter of time before permits are issued.

Ferguson says the situation will work out but in the meantime, he believes those that voted to keep the moratorium on issuing building permits chose their constituents over the logic of the situation. Estimates are the County could be on the hook for several million dollars in damages along with roughly $100,000 in daily losses due to work not happening.

Ferguson could not offer any comments on the potential money the County could be on the line for as there is already litigation pending.

He did weigh in on the post-meeting confrontation between those in the audience and a couple of board members and called it unfortunate but believes emotions just got the best of everyone in that situation.