It All Begins with Zoning
El Dorado has adopted new zoning amendments without considering the public’s input on stricter language for data centers, battery storage facilities, and other emerging industries (like hydrogen production, battery recycling, carbon capture operations, and small modular nuclear reactors). View the latest pages of KORA records, and stay up to date via the Facebook page for Protect the Heartland.
Butler County Commissioners and the county planning & zoning have adopted the new Comprehensive Plan & are working through the Data Center Regulations & (industry) Application draft now. View those regulations/documents here.
NOW is the time to SHOW UP! It takes many voices- not just “enough”- to be heard. Future generations are depending on us.
Educate Yourself
LEARN MORE: Click the Resources link at the top of the page.
Do your own research, become educated on the issue.
-County Commission meetings Tuesdays, 9am Court House, 4th floor
-County Planing & Zoning the first Tuesday of every month, 7pm
Get Involved
NEXT: Attend a Peaceful Protest for the city and the county; the next event is Saturday, June 27th in front of the county courthouse, 10am.
THEN, SHOW UP for the Butler County planning & zoning meeting with public comment for the data center regulations:
**July 7, 2026 @ 7pm, Historic Butler Co. Courthouse, 4th floor
Feel free to speak, or just come support!
July 21, 2026 @ 6:00 PM – County work Session to address Public Input and make final modifications to draft.
August 4, 2026 @ 7:00 PM – Planning Commission with public hearing and consideration to adopt regulations and application for presentation to the County Commission for official adoption.
Attend the (El Dorado) City Commission meetings- link to their Calendar here. Meetings are every other Monday at 5:30pm.
City work sessions are every other Wednesday, 5:30pm, both are at El Dorado City Hall.
Contact
CALL/EMAIL your city and ask why they are aggressively pursuing data centers, battery storage facilities, small nuclear reactors, and MORE when we the people don’t want them!
CALL/EMAIL your county administrator and commissioners to ask them for transparency, and their opinion on data centers and emerging industry in Butler County.
If you are a Butler County, KS resident, these regulations matter to YOU! They will shape the future of unincorporated AG land in our county. It’s time to pay attention.
Please look through them, and then attend Tuesday night’s meeting:
July 7, 2026 7pm
Historic County Courthouse on Central Ave, 4th floor
Come speak on anything you have concerns about; the commissioners and planning/zoning board can look over it together at the next work session, July 21, (6pm). This is not a time to say “no data centers,” even though we may feel that way. 😊 Save that for a commissioner meeting (9am every Tuesday.) *It is a time to explain why certain lines in the draft regulations should be changed, for example: the noise ordinance should be lower, or notices should go out further, or waivers should not be offered, definitions need refining, etc.
Let your voice be heard! And if you cannot get through your speech in 3 minutes, cause whew that’s short, have a copy for the County Counselor to turn in as evidence for them to see so you’re heard later.
Sometimes the document is blank for a few seconds, click on the blank space below and it should show up. You can also download and print a copy for yourself.
