HOWARD - Complaints were the rule - not the exception - at a trio of public hearings in Howard Wednesday night.
The town board hosted three public hearings on Local Laws 1-3 - code of ethics, and amendments to the town's planning board and wind energy laws - and nearly 100 people showed up to voice their opinions.
After dealing with public comments for around two hours, the board approved all three local laws unanimously.
The wind law amendments changed the way permits will be approved, taking the power from the town board and giving it to the planning board, which town Attorney Tom Reed said was done as a result of a lawsuit against the town that alleged conflict of interest by board members that had ties to a proposed wind farm in Howard.
Other amendments to the wind law, which was approved February 2006, also added agricultural districts, which had been omitted from the previous law, and allowed for a licensing fee to be charged for permits.
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