"AND POSSIBLE" is the key. Splitting some hairs....LOL.
The agenda said: 8:20 A.M Public Hearing on Special Use Permit Sp 2019-2 of Elk Creek Resource Group to extract Mineral on the land in Section 33 except a tract described as the SW ¼ SW ¼ and the NE ¼ SE ¼ of Section 32 with in Township 4 North Range 11 East of the 6th P.M. and possible approval of the same.
That does NOT mean the approval was going to happen at this meeting. It meant it "was possible." And, we're all glad it was approved.
And, YES, without this approval from the Johnson County Board of Commissioners this project was dead in the water.