​YORK – This week’s solar zoning debate spurred many passionate comments from York County residents as the county commissioners were tasked with creating solar zoning regulations. 

​YORK – York County Assessor Kurt Bulgrin reminds owners of depreciable taxable tangible personal property that their Nebraska Personal Property returns and schedules must be filed on or before May 1 with the assessor’s office.
A Nebraska personal property return and schedule must be filed for all depreciable tangible personal property which is owned or held on Jan. 1 at 12:01 a.m., of each year, or leased from or to another person.
Deadline dates and penalties: If after May 1 but on or before June 30, 10% of the tax due on the value will be added; if after July 1, 25% of the tax due on the value will be added.
Bulgrin also wants to remind taxpayers how “the postal service is no longer postmarking mail on the day mail is received. There have been questions about this because most Nebraska statutes allow filings to be considered timely if the postmark date is on or before the due date. The United States Postal Service provides hand-stamped postmarks at the time of mailing if requested. Taxpayers who are concerned they may miss the filing deadline should personally deliver their mail to the post office and request a hand-stamped postmark at the time of mailing. For mail received without a postmark or valid metered date, the department of revenue considers that mail received on the previous business day.”
Personal property returns can of course be physically delivered to the assessor’s office, as well as left in the secured drop box on the west side of the York County Courthouse.
 

YORK – With a 3-2 vote, the York County Commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday morning which sets the county’s zoning regulations for solar projects. The regulations include half-mile setbacks for non-participating homes, churches and schools for Class 4, large industrial solar projects (such as the one being pursued in the rural McCool area). 

​YORK – The York County Courthouse was a busy place Monday night as people held signs outside, protesting large solar farms on York County farmland, while the commissioners’ meeting room completely filled for a public hearing on the matter. The crowd became so large, the overflow was directed to the meeting room in the courthouse basement, where the live stream of the meeting could be seen and attendees were still invited to come upstairs to testify. 

​YORK – During the York County Commissioners’ regular meeting on Tuesday, April 28, the board members will be considering solar project zoning regulations after many years of conversations.
They are expected to take a vote on proposed regulations in the form of a resolution on Tuesday. This comes after a public hearing is scheduled on the matter Monday night, April 27, at 7 p.m.
Also on Tuesday’s agenda:

• A public hearing will be held on a conditional use permit application filed by Kevin and Marcy Senff.
• The annual gravel bids will be opened and discussed.
• Service bids for heating and air conditioning systems will be considered.
• An improvement grant application, filed by York University, will be presented and considered.
• The annual consideration of bids for mowing abandoned, historic cemeteries – Zion and Union – will be before the commissioners.
• An agreement with the City of York will be considered for ambulance services in areas where local services don’t already exist.
• As the board of equalization, they will talk about claims filed with the Tax Equalization Review Commission and tax list corrections.

The public is encouraged to attend the meeting which will begin at 8:30 a.m., in the commissioners’ meeting room, located on the main floor of the courthouse.
 

Editor’s note: The following is a press statement released by OPPD Thursday afternoon, April 23, which indicates the proposed project by McCool Junction is halted at this point. 
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​YORK – With a public hearing nearing, regarding solar project zoning regulations in York County, the revised version of proposed regulations is available for review on the York County website.
Interested persons may go to https://www.yorkcounty.ne.gov/uploads/1/4/5/5/145507130/updated_solar_regs_4-16-2026.pdf to review the 24 pages of proposed zoning language, which will be considered by the York County Commissioners.
This version of the proposed zoning regulations was created after the county board members took votes on different sections of the language, to see where the majority fell.
A public hearing regarding this matter will be held Monday, April 27, at 7 p.m., at the courthouse. Following public comment, the commissioners will not be taking formal action that night.
Formal action is expected to come Tuesday morning, April 28, when the commissioners meet in regular session. They are expected to vote on a resolution to set solar zoning regulations for the county at that time. 

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​YORK – The York County Courthouse will be closed for Arbor Day on Friday, April 24. 

​YORK -- The York County Commissioners and the York County Zoning/Planning Board will be holding a public hearing regarding solar zoning regulations on Monday, April 27.
It will be held at the York County Courthouse, starting at 7 p.m.
The public is invited to attend as individuals will provide testimony of support and opposition, as well as suggestions and observations, regarding proposed zoning regulations for solar projects in York County.
The last public hearing regarding this topic was held April 15, 2024, and the conversation has been ongoing since.
While the public hearing will be held April 27, it is expected the county commissioners will not vote on the matter (setting the solar zoning regulations in place) until the morning of Tuesday, April 28.