Good morning everyone - what a stunning Memorial Day weekend!  We hope that you and your families enjoyed the weather and each other’s company.  

We have one meeting of note left this month of May this Thursday, May 28th at 6:00pm : 
Ogle County Zoning Board of Appeals 
Old Ogle County Courthouse 
Third Floor County Board Room #317
105 S. Fifth Street

Oregon, Illinois

The agenda is currently posted: ZBA Agenda .  Nothing on the agenda explicitly states anything related to the ongoing data center ordinance currently being drafted by Mark Miller (please review past updates on the petition launch page); however, we will be sure to share any and all updates.  We realize that this is a commitment of time and energy so we will do our best to synthesize information as it presents via Ogle County Board meetings (and its numerous committee meetings).  

We have, yet, to see the fruits of a live-streamed OCB meeting.  With that being said, you might want to consider attending next month’s County Facilities, County Security and Information Technology (IT) meeting on June 9th at 1:00pm at the old Ogle County Courthouse, Room 100.  

Here is the June calendar as it stands: OCB June 2026
June 9th, 10am - Assessments, Planning and Zoning (Third Floor)
June 16th, 5:30pm - Ogle County Board Meeting (Third Floor)
June 18th, 6:00pm - Regional Planning Commission (First Floor Conference Room #100)
June 25th, 6:00pm - Zoning Board of Appeals (Third Floor)

That is all for now, as it relates to Ogle County.  

For those of you following the AI discourse internationally, Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical: "Magnifica humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence”, appealing for the safeguarding of humanity, promotion of truth, dignity of work, social justice, and peace.  You may review it here: MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE