The Columbus Planning Advisory Commission (PAC) met Wednesday to give their recommendation for the technology overlay district ordinance for Project Ruby, the $5.18 billion data center proposal.
By a vote of 4-3, commissioners decided to table, or delay, a recommendation on the ordinance for PAC members to receive further information about the proposed project and its effects on the surrounding community. The reconsideration vote had not been scheduled as of publication.
Commission member Zarome Lakey made the motion, and members Lakshmi Karthik, Gloria Thomas and Anthony Smith voted in favor. PAC chairman Brad Baker and members John Steed and Michael Ernst abstained. Vice chairman Rick Stallings and commission member Haley Lyman were absent from the meeting.
Thomas explained her reasoning for her decision in an interview with the Ledger-Enquirer…