The Lake County Plan Commission will be ahead of the curve when it comes to addressing any future data center requests that may come before it.

The Lake County Council on Tuesday unanimously approved an amended ordinance, which was given a favorable recommendation by the plan commission at its July 16 meeting.

Councilman Randy Niemeyer, R-7th, urged fellow council members to approve the ordinance, which was compiled by a diverse group of nine members on the plan commission who supported it.

“If we don’t have a policy, this whole thing will swallow us up,” Niemeyer said.

“Proactive” was a word both county officials and two residents, Caroline McCrady and Terry Steagall, used before and after the vote.

Both McCrady and Steagall spoke briefly before the vote was taken.

“It will be nice

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