The Pawhuska City Council votes to put a hold on a proposed data center in the City after the plan draws protests.

 

The initiative from Buckley Brothers Holdings, LLC, was placed on hold at Tuesday's meeting after residents staged a protest against the project. Protest Organizer Isabella Sanchez-Goodman says there were lots of questions that needed to be answered about the proposal.

 

Nine people spoke at the meeting, prompting council members to deny sending a load letter to the holdings company that would have allowed the project to move forward. Pawhuska Mayor Steve Tolson says there were just too many unanswered questions to approve the letter.

 

Protesters also submitted a petition against the data center that included more than 400 signatures. The City Council also voted 3-2 to place a moratorium on the project until the end of this year. The proposed data center would have been built next to Indian Camp Elementary School.