While the planned agenda was relatively short for Eldora's May city council meeting, the public comment section was ripe with pipeline talk.
Representatives from Summit Carbon Solutions, Grant Terry, "one of the two principal project managers responsible for direct oversight of pipeline construction," and Shari Timmons, Regulatory Affairs Manager for Summit Iowa, were in attendance to present info and answer questions on the economic boons of CO2 pipelines.
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Several pipeline-affected landowners spoke at that meeting. Why are their comments not even mentioned in this reporting?
This meeting was originally set up as a zoom with Megan Sloma about the pipeline coming close to the Boys training center in Eldora. Summit only showed up after they heard about her zoom meeting. Why is this not included in your report?
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