The DeWitt County Board will hear from another solar developer - this time just north of the city limits of Clinton.

Board Chair Joe Witte indicates the hearing is set for late April. The County took over the hearing process last year, instead of the applications going through the Regional Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals before coming to the County Board.

Witte reminds and stresses that any input the community has on the application must be heard at that hearing. The Board can only consider evidence for the application in that hearing.

Additionally, at last Thursday night's DeWitt County Board meeting, the Board approved text amendment changes to the County's wind and solar ordinances. Witte indicates this was simply an action to bring the County's code in line with the State of Illinois.

The State of Illinois has largely stepped in to regulate the renewable energy code in Illinois, forcing Counties to fall in line with its regulations.