The council approved Covington's 2027 legislative priorities, including a possible $1.5 million to $2 million request for Jenkins Creek Park Phase Two and continued support for State Route 18 funding. Priorities also address city revenue flexibility, public-defense costs, housing mandates and utility capacity.

Council authorized submission of El Paso's nomination for the Department of Defense's Next Great American Base competition (motion passed 6–1). Support letters from U.S. Rep. Escobar and State Sen. Blanco were read, while members raised questions about utilities, possible data‑center impacts and DoD leadership changes.

Commissioners said local utility capacity and megawatt demand should guide any data‑center zoning; discussion cited ranges from small edge facilities to hyperscale projects and noted Eastern Utilities' practical limit is near 5 megawatts.

With no pending applications, councilors asked staff to draft code language to mitigate likely data-center impacts (water, power evidence, noise, application transparency) and to contact League/state channels about broader pause or moratorium options; staff cautioned moratoria typically address capacity shortfalls.

Staff added rules for battery storage facilities, and flagged data centers and drone delivery as emerging-technology items to be studied; councilors pressed for early guardrails on data centers because of water and power concerns.

After a July moratorium on new data centers, planning staff summarized approaches used by about 57 jurisdictions, recommended by‑right uses with special requirements or conditional approaches for larger facilities, and asked the board whether to run a public survey and return in November with draft ordinance language and outreach materials.

Council passed a temporary moratorium limiting applications and approvals for hyperscale data centers meeting specified size/ownership thresholds (server count threshold set at 5,000 or more, including collocated or distributed servers) while staff evaluates annexation, utility service, and comprehensive‑plan implications.

A Live Oak council member moved to table the first reading of ordinance 1569, citing concerns about whether utilities can meet the power and water needs of large data centers, the limited local job gains such facilities provide, and the risk of litigation under new requirements in Senate Bill 484.

The city directed staff to draft a one-year moratorium on AI/data-center relocations while officials update land-use rules and study environmental and utility impacts. Commissioners said the pause would create time for the Unified Land Development Code review; staff noted limited suitable sites.

Panel discusses $90M in impact fees and related infrastructure agreements for upcoming development.

Planning staff said the draft environmental impact statement for Plan Spokane 2046 should be ready for the commission's Dec. 10 meeting, with a preferred alternative targeted for March and subsequent hearings; staff emphasized housing affordability targets, transit-oriented development and utility capacity analysis as next steps.

Local officials discuss delays in water and power infrastructure affecting development projects.

Council members raised concerns about Hopkinsville's water, electric and sewage capacity and directed staff to draft zoning and plan-review rules governing data centers and large AI facilities; staff said draft amendments and a public hearing are expected within months.

Council amends regulations to exempt certain residential developments from utility capacity requirements.

Members highlighted water availability, utility capacity and site-readiness gaps—citing a rezone example and costly street work—while nonprofit and regional partners said they can help assemble land and funding to make shovel-ready sites.

After staff and the city attorney described the Saint Ben's sewer agreement and potential capacity and enforcement issues, the council voted to deny Norwood Sales' connection request to the existing line to avoid setting a precedent and opening requests from other I-29 Commerce area properties.

County staff proposed placing an upfront utility-capacity screening on the application form so water and electric availability are verified earlier in the review process, a change officials said would reduce rework for complex projects.

Members asked staff to study data‑center impacts, citing large power and water demands and potential noise and generator issues. Commissioners suggested coordinating with the county, utility providers and other cities, and discussed temporary controls or impact fees while policy is developed.