Lorimor City Council Meeting
July 12, 2007
Special Session 7:00 P.M.
The Lorimor City Council met in special session, Thursday, July 12, 2007, with Mayor Kent Forbes presiding. Council members present: Davis, Orwan, Schmidt, and Tucker. Absent: Wright
Motion by Schmidt, second from Davis to approve the agenda. Vote – all ayes. Motion carried.
The Mayor reported that he had received information that a construction permit application for a wean to finish hog confinement facility to be constructed within one and one-half miles from Lorimor city limits on land owned by Arnold Lourens had been submitted to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Union County Auditor’s Office. Discussion followed as to the adverse effects of a confinement facility on the town, the recent odor that drifted across the town from the east, and the cattle facility two miles south of town. The Mayor also stated that flyers had been prepared and delivered door to door in town and several homes in the country alerting the community about the confinement facility and notifying them of a meeting set for July 16, at the Community Center.
The Mayor asked for the passage of a resolution from the Council taking the position of opposition to the confinement facility. Motion by Tucker, second from Schmidt to adopt RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE POSITION OF OPPOSITION TO A PROPOSED HOG CONFINEMENT FACILITY WITHIN TWO MILES OF LORIMOR. Roll call vote – all ayes. Motion carried.
The Mayor then asked that a resolution be passed that approved the use of the Community Center for a meeting of citizens opposed to the hog confinement facility for July 16th, 2007. Tucker made the motion, second from Schmidt to adopt RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE LORIMOR COMMUNITY CENTER AS THE SITE FOR A MEETING FOR CITIZENS OPPOSED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HOG CONFINEMENT FACILITY. Roll call vote – all ayes. Motion carried.
Motion by Orwan, second from Tucker to adopt RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES IN OPPOSING THE HOG CONFINEMENT CONSTRUCTION. Roll call vote – all ayes. Motion carried.
Motion to adjourn from Schmidt, second from Orwan. Vote – all ayes. Motion carried. Meeting was adjourned at 7:30 P.M.
Kent Forbes, Mayor
Attest: ______________________
Mary Seales, City Clerk
