Mason City Council · Nov 3, 2026
Russell W.
Whipple
Mayor; council term ends December 31, 2028City of Mason
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- Mayor of Mason, with a City Council term that ends December 31, 2028.
On the record: Russell W. Whipple
9 sourced01Data center zoning5 sourced positions
Voted yes on adopting Ordinance 266, which created the M-3 Technology Innovation zoning district for data centers (passed 5-2, February 2026).
Council voteMason City Council minutes, February 2, 2026 · Feb 2, 2026LinkHow the council voted
Voted no on a 180-day moratorium on Ordinance 266 (failed 2-5, February 2026).
Council voteMason City Council minutes, February 2, 2026 · Feb 2, 2026LinkHow the council voted
Voted yes on repealing Ordinance 266 after a referendum petition (passed 4-2, March 2026).
Council voteMason City Council minutes, March 16, 2026 · Mar 16, 2026LinkHow the council voted
Voted no on tabling Ordinance 266 and imposing a 90-day moratorium on data center applications and projects (passed 4-3, December 2025).
Council voteMason City Council minutes, December 15, 2025 · Dec 15, 2025LinkHow the council voted
Said the city cannot outlaw data centers or set standards so strict that a developer could not afford them.
The city cannot say no. We can’t just say no data centers in Mason and outlaw them or even put standards in place that are so strict that they couldn’t afford to do it”
Own statementWILX · Sep 14, 2026Link
02Data center noise limits1 sourced position
Voted no on lowering a 65-decibel noise limit in Ordinance 266 to 45 decibels (failed 2-5, February 2026).
Council voteMason City Council minutes, February 2, 2026 · Feb 2, 2026LinkHow the council voted
03Data center site1 sourced position
Voted yes on authorizing the city manager to represent the city in Public Act 425 negotiations with Vevay Township (passed 4-2, March 2026).
Council voteMason City Council minutes, March 16, 2026 · Mar 16, 2026LinkHow the council voted
04Data center revenue1 sourced position
Voted yes on Resolution 2026-22, guiding principles for using new revenue from the proposed data center (passed 5-2, July 2026).
Council voteMason City Council minutes, July 20, 2026 · Jul 20, 2026LinkHow the council voted
05Water and sewer rates1 sourced position
Voted yes on a 5% increase to water and sewer commodity charges (passed 5-2, May 2025).
Council voteMason City Council minutes, May 19, 2025 · May 19, 2025LinkHow the council voted
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Data center zoning
In their words
Said the city cannot outlaw data centers or set standards so strict that a developer could not afford them.
Sep 14, 2026 ·WILX · Sep 14, 2026
On the record
Voted no on tabling Ordinance 266 and imposing a 90-day moratorium on data center applications and projects (passed 4-3, December 2025).
Dec 15, 2025 ·Mason City Council minutes, December 15, 2025 · Dec 15, 2025
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