Scope
Van Buren County Commission Resolution Number 506 is titled in the minutes as a resolution to impose a temporary (2 yr.) moratorium on the construction, development, establishment, or operation of data centers within Van Buren County. The minutes record the motion to approve the moratorium on data centers within Van Buren County passing with all ten commissioners present voting yes. The resolution's own sections, exceptions and start date are not legible in the minutes reviewed.
- Geographic scope
- Van Buren County, Tennessee
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Van Buren County Commission
Dates
- Adopted
- 20 July 2026
- Effective
- Effective status not verified
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- The minutes describe the resolution as a temporary (2 yr.) moratorium; neither its start date nor a calendar end date is stated in the minutes.
- Source document
- 20 July 2026
- Last checked
- 30 October 2026
Summary
On 20 July 2026 the Van Buren County Commission approved Resolution Number 506, which the minutes title a resolution to impose a temporary two-year moratorium on the construction, development, establishment or operation of data centers within Van Buren County. All ten commissioners present voted yes, after the Commission's Committee B recommended approval on 6 July 2026. The minutes do not state when the resolution takes effect or set out its operative terms. It is a temporary resolution, not a permanent prohibition.
What this does not establish
- The resolution text is attached to the minutes as page images that were not readable in the copy reviewed, so its sections, exceptions and effective date were not checked.
- The title's reference to the operation of data centers was not compared with the resolution's operative sections; whether it reaches existing facilities is not established here.
- The two-year term comes from the resolution title in the minutes; no calendar end date is stated.
Unresolved questions
- When Resolution Number 506 takes effect and from what date its two-year term runs.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- No related action is recorded.
Sources
Primary source: Van Buren County Commission page on vanburencountytn.gov