A potential moratorium on wind energy development could be put in place in Labette County.

Commissioner Terry Weidert asked County Counselor Brian Johnson to write up a moratorium for six to seven months. The reason behind the moratorium is that either new commissioners are elected or current commissioners are re-elected and then the new group of commissioners can decide what their next step would be. This decision comes after Lindsey Wilson, a district two constitute, presented a letter from a lawyer on possible ways to keep wind turbines out of the county.

Currently, there are seven candidates for the district one seat with current Commissioner Lonie Addis retiring. In district two Commissioner Weidert is running and there is currently one person who will be running against him.