Douglas County project record shows Trinity facility denied, but minutes contain conflicting vote entries
The county’s project record lists CORE Electric Cooperative’s Trinity Substation and peaking-facility application as denied, while Planning Commission minutes place Commissioner Ed Kubly in both the yes and no columns on two motions.
Douglas County’s official project record lists CORE Electric Cooperative’s proposed Trinity Substation and peaking facility as denied, but Planning Commission minutes contain conflicting vote entries for Commissioner Ed Kubly.
The county’s project record lists Project LE2026-009 as closed, with a final action date of Aug. 18, 2026, and an outcome of “Denied.” It does not show an appeal, revised application or new hearing.
The unofficial Aug. 17 Planning Commission minutes say Kubly moved to approve the application and Patrick Neville seconded. The minutes list Kubly among both the three ayes and six nays on that failed motion, making the individual roll call impossible to determine from the document.
The minutes then record Mike McKesson moving to deny the application, with Jim Smallwood seconding. That motion is listed as approved, with six ayes and three nays, but Kubly again appears in both lists.
The Legistar meeting record marks the Aug. 17 meeting and its minutes status as final while also stating that published minutes are not available. No publicly accessible corrected version resolving Kubly’s entries was found.
The minutes identify Danela DeSantis of Thunder LLC and Dusty Hettinger and Ainsley Hettinger of Parker as public commenters but do not summarize what they said.
The county’s Aug. 25 County Manager Report lists the Trinity project under planning activity but does not announce an appeal, resubmission or revised proposal. CORE’s next step remains unconfirmed.
The proposed project included a 115-kilovolt substation and 144 natural-gas-powered generators capable of producing about 36 megawatts on part of Trinity Lutheran Church’s property near State Highway 83 and Bayou Gulch Road. The denial means that proposal is not authorized to proceed under the application that closed Aug. 18.