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FAIRFAX — The Fairfax City Council, in a heated meeting Tuesday, approved the first reading of a proposed exception to the city’s industrial zoning code which could provide a path for Alliant Energy to build a new power plant within city limits, while residents expressed concerns over the potential plant.

Alliant Energy has been pursuing its new natural gas power plant in Fairfax in close proximity to The Eastern Iowa Airport, adjacent to the Travero facility on the south side of Fairfax.

The ordinance was approved 3-2 Tuesday, with council members Marianne Wainwright and Dan Wozniak opposing it. If it is approved at two more readings, it would change the portion of Fairfax zoning code rela

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