At last week’s meeting of the Dallas County Board of Supervisors, they held two public hearings related to Tyson Foods in Perry.

The first hearing was regarding the relocation of part of the Raccoon River Valley Bike Trail so Tyson could put in a truck turn-around area at their plant. To do so, they needed to have an easement with Dallas County Conservation for a new trail route, which Tyson agreed to pay for. The Supervisors approved a resolution accepting the easement, but there’s still a final piece to the puzzle.

The City of Perry currently owns the land the trail would be relocated to, so they have to okay the sale of the property to the County. However, the City had originally allocated the proposed land for a solar farm. The solar farm will likely still happen, but the City wants to make sure there won’t be anything blocking the panels. If Perry doesn’t okay the sale of the land, the easement between Tyson and the County will automatically void itself.

The other hearing related to Tyson was more simple. When Tyson originally built their facility, there was a sliver of land within their fence that was still owned by the County. To officially make that portion of land part of Tyson’s property, they needed to purchase it with the permission of the Supervisors. The Board found no issue with the sale, and unanimously approved the resolution.