10/5/26 - Peoria County Zoning Board of Appeals Hearing

The Peoria County Zoning Board of Appeals hearing on October 5, 2026, concerned a special-use permit application for the Four Creeks commercial wind energy facility. The main discussion in this transcript segment was a dispute over whether applicant-opposed witness Perry Burns was qualified to testify about the project’s shadow-flicker analysis and whether his report offered improper legal conclusions. The hearing officer declined to exclude or broadly limit Burns’s testimony in advance, allowing it to proceed subject to specific objections and cross-examination; the officer also excluded a proposed internet video for lack of foundation.