BROWNSTOWN— The town council took a unanimous stance Wednesday against plans for building a 4,000-head confined animal feeding operation about a mile east of town.
“I’ll be the first to vote no,” longtime council member Bill Sweeney said of Grant VonDielingen’s proposal for a hog farm.
VonDielingen has won state approval for his project and will present his request for a special exception to the county Board of Zoning Appeals at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 14.
After allowing Joe Bradley, a resident of Lake & Forest Club east of town, to discuss concerns he and others have about the proposal, the council spent little time making a decision about a matter it has discussed several times.
“I think we need to go ahead and take care of this now,” council President John Nolting said.
Council member Dustin Steward said he wanted to make it clear the council is not opposed to VonDielingen’s proposal, just its location.
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