(KMZA)--Nemaha County Emergency Preparedness Director Russel Lierz has resigned.

The Nemaha County Commission, in a special meeting Tuesday, voted to accept his letter of resignation, which was effective immediately.

The action followed an executive session, the only item on the agenda. 

Lierz had held the position since December 2018.

During Monday's regular commission meeting, representatives from Chicago-based Invenergy met with commissioners to discuss the Grain Belt Express transmission line project that will run through Nemaha County. Present for the discussion was County Attorney Brad Lippert.

The about 800-mile line will deliver up to 4,000 megawatts of wind-generated power from southwest Kansas to eastern states.

Commissioners will need to decided whether or not to exempt the project from the current moratorium that in place on wind energy projects in the county.