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"We've got a lot going on," he said.
The city of Atlantic recently passed an ordinance regulating potential "adult" businesses. Kinen said the proposed county ordinance is patterned after it.
The law would require sexually oriented businesses and their employees to be licensed, outlaw nude dancing, restrict hours of operation and require businesses to prohibit and monitor loitering. The ordinance would allow semi-nude entertainment but require entertainers to be at least six feet from any customer and on a stage at least two feet from the floor.
The move is preventative as there are no businesses in the county that would fall under the regulations nor any plan to locate one within its borders.
In another matter, Kinen said the board is taking up the keg law after the Iowa Legislature refused to pass a bill that would require retailers to keep track of keg sales.
"I think a lot of counties are starting to look at it now," he said. "We have been talking about it for some time."
Shelby County approved a similar ordinance on its first two readings. The third and final reading is scheduled for Tuesday.
Under the proposed law, kegs would be tagged with a non-removable identification number. Buyers purchasing a keg would have to show identification, and the retailer would record the purchaser's name, address and identification number along with the keg identification. Kinen said the law is aimed at preventing underage drinking by discouraging people from buying teenagers kegs that could later be traced back to them.
Another item on the board's agenda is an update from Amaizing Energy on its plans to build an ethanol plant near Atlantic. The Denison-based firm and Green Plains Renewable Energy are both planning to locate an ethanol facility on the city's outskirts.
Kinen said he believes the area could support two facilities, but corn would need to be shipped in from other areas.
Green Plains is in the process of preparing reports on water availability, traffic congestion and railroad crossing blockage for the board, Kinen said. The Cass County Zoning Board indicated the information was needed before a request to change the zoning of the proposed GPRE site from agricultural to light industrial could be heard.
Kinen said the reports are expected in the next four to six weeks. Several residents have opposed rezoning the land due to traffic and railroad crossing concerns.
He said he is not concerned the GRPE reports could be biased.
"They will have to be fair or we won't pass it," Kinen said.
