Clark County Board Tables Amended Solar and Wind Ordinances Without Recorded Discussion

Clark County Board Meeting | March 20, 2026

Article Summary: Both the amended solar ordinance and the amended wind ordinance were tabled at the March 20 Clark County Board meeting. The minutes record no reason, no discussion and no motion detail for either action.

Solar and Wind Ordinance Key Points:

• Agenda items 11a and 11b — adopting an amended solar ordinance and an amended wind ordinance — were both tabled.
• The minutes give no mover, no second, no vote count and no stated reason for either tabling.
• During public comments, a representative of IBEW 725 asked whether the solar ordinances contained union wording.
• Chairman Rex Goble said the county’s solar and wind attorney is working on the updated ordinances.

CLARK COUNTY — The Clark County Board on Friday, March 20, 2026, tabled both of the renewable energy ordinances scheduled for adoption at its regular meeting, leaving the county’s amended solar and wind rules unsettled as construction on a solar project in the county prepares to begin.

The March 20 agenda, issued by Clark County Clerk/Recorder Laura H. Lee and marked tentative as of March 16, listed the two items consecutively under New Business: “Adopt Amended Solar Ordinance” and “Adopt Amended Wind Ordinance.” The minutes dispose of both in five words. Under item 11a: “This item was tabled.” Under 11b: the same.

The record supplies nothing further. It does not name who moved to table, whether the motions were seconded, how members voted, or why the items were held. It does not say when the ordinances are expected to return to the board.

Union Wording Raised in Public Comment

The ordinances did surface earlier in the meeting. During public comments, Jerry Woodfall, appearing for IBEW 725, asked whether the solar ordinances had the union wording in them. Chairman Rex Goble responded that Andrew Keyt is working on the updated ordinances. The minutes do not record an answer to the substance of Woodfall’s question.

Keyt, identified in the minutes as the county attorney for solar and wind, surfaced a second time the same morning. Richardson said he wanted to confirm with Keyt whether a building permit would be required before granting the Moonshine Solar Project permission to seed fields against weed growth and erosion.

The tabling comes as work on the Moonshine Solar Project moves ahead on a separate track. Also on March 20, the board unanimously accepted low bids for materials on the associated road project, and a representative of the project told the board a construction kickoff was set for April 2. The minutes do not connect the ordinance tabling to the project’s schedule, and no member is recorded as raising the point.

Tabled items are not dead items; they can be taken back up at a subsequent meeting. The board’s next regular meeting is set for April 17, 2026, at 8 a.m.