The Sept. 18 meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners bodes to be a relatively quiet one. An amendment to the county’s animal-control ordinance will be accompanied by signing of a new contract with the Asheville Humane Society, among a few other actions, according to the agenda posted on the county Web site.
An e-mail from the utility suggests that Progress will terminate the lease voluntarily if it decides not to challenge Woodfin’s denial of a permit.
Buncombe commissioners and the county legal department said they would explain details of the Progress Energy lease in Woodfin at their meeting this Tuesday, May 15, but they have evidently changed their minds.
Progress Energy’s plan to build a power plant on land adjacent to the old Buncombe County county landfill was thwarted by the town of Woodfin Zoning Board of Adjustment last night, but the company still holds a one dollar per year lease on the property.
