City planner Rob Selin and city engineer Collin Ray were unable to attend a planning and zoning workshop scheduled Thursday morning, which resulted in its cancellation, commissioner chairman Ray Robertson told the Advocate.
While data centers would have been discussed it would have been among mostly other topics as part of the effort to update the overall planning and zoning code.
Robertson said the commission has been criticized on social media concerning cancelation of the meeting, but Robertson assured there was no attempt to withhold information from the public.
"We're not hiding anything," he said. "We're just trying to do the best things for Mt. Sterling."
Robertson said when the planning and zoning code is updated there will be time for a public hearing on the matter that the public is welcome to attend.
As for data centers, Robertson noted the city does not currently have the water or electric infrastructure to accommodate one, but has to be prepared if that ever becomes a possibility.
Mt. Sterling Mayor Al Botts previously said the city would not take any action on data centers until it receives the commission’s input/recommendation.
The county approved first reading this week on implementing a one-year moratorium related to data centers. It will be formally adopted upon second reading.
The Camargo City Commission also recently passed first reading of a temporary 180-day moratorium on the approval, permitting, licensing and construction of commercial data centers within the corporate limits of the city of Camargo.
Camargo commissioners meet again Sept. 14. Neal advised if the county enacts the longer moratorium Camargo could follow suit and change wording in its ordinance at second reading from 180 days to one year.
There has been no discussion in Jeffersonville to date on the matter.
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