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Putnam County has taken a bold step towards transparency by adopting a new policy that mandates prompt reporting on data-center inquiries, addressing public concerns over environmental impacts.

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Putnam commissioners adopt 72-hour transparency policy for data-center inquiries amid calls for moratorium
After broad public comment raising water, energy and environmental concerns, the board approved a policy requiring staff to forward written notices of any data-center inquiries or site visits to the county administrator within 72 hours, who will share them with commissioners and post notices on the county website while staff continues researching legal and regulatory options.
citizenportal.ai
August 8, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Trustees are grappling with whether to create a transparent incentive policy or make one-off deals to attract a grocery store to the vacant Mariano’s site, amid a staggering sales-tax revenue loss of up to $400,000.

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Board debates incentives to attract grocery store to former Mariano’s site; trustees weigh policy vs one-off deals
Trustees discussed growing developer requests for village support to close financing gaps, highlighted the vacant 1822 Willow (former Mariano’s) site and a cited $300,000–$400,000 sales-tax revenue loss, and varied between creating transparent incentive policies (or district tools) and caution about ad hoc subsidies; no funding decision was made.
citizenportal.ai
June 2, 2026 at 7:05 PM