July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
TIF district weighed (07/24/06)
Jay County Commissioners
By By MARY ANN LEWIS-
It appears Jay County officials will move forward on implementing a tax increment financing (TIF) district for the proposed Premier Ethanol plant southwest of Portland, using an interlocal agreement with the city of Portland's redevelopment commission to get the plan in place.
Commissioners Milo Miller Jr., Gary Theurer, and Faron Parr agreed this morning to ask Sue Beesley, attorney with Indianapolis law firm Bingham McHale LLP, who serves as the city commission's attorney, to attend a Jay County Council meeting on Sept. 13 and explain the TIF process to both the council and commissioners.
Commissioners today discussed at length what area could be included in the district and the effect it would have on any other infrastructure needs in that area.
Bob Quadrozzi, Jay County Development Corporation executive director, met with commissioners today also to explain the Portland Redevelopment Commission's desire to begin the TIF process.
Officials with Premier Ethanol LLC, who plan the ethanol plant on that site, have not yet asked for a TIF district to be set up for their plant, Miller said today. Quadrozzi asked if a letter of request would be sufficient.
"It won't save you any money," Quadrozzi said about using the city's commission to establish the district. "It will save you some time."
The county needs to have such a district in place by March 1, 2007, to capture the increased assessed valuation on taxes paid March 1, 2006.
"There are a lot of questions that need answered," commissioners' attorney Brad Burkett said.
"You still have to go through the same process (concerning creating the district)," Quadrozzi advised, "including the public hearings."
He told commissioners, as president of the redevelopment commission, he would be willing to allow the county to use the Community Resources office as well as his administrative assistant, Jodi Scott, to take minutes.
"Keep it as small as possible," Quadrozzi advised commissioners about the district.
Additionally today, addressing Noble Township resident Alice Strohl's concerns, commissioners said they would be waiting at least 30 days before making a decision on proposed changes in the confined feeding operations and concentrated animal feeding operations in the county.
Strohl, along with other Noble Township resident, have expressed concern about the number of such operations being built in the county.
The Jay County Planning Commission agreed, on a split vote on July 13, to recommend that the county make changes in set-back and notification requirements and permitting.
Although those recommendations have not yet been forwarded to the commissioners, when the recommendations are received, the commissioners are expected to schedule another public hearing on the matter.
"We want to delay our decision until we get all our ducks in a row," Theurer said today, "but no matter if the rules change, it's not going to slow or stop them. They're still going to come in, regardless."
At the July 17 meeting, commissioners were urged by Jay County Farm Bureau president Dave Lowe, to delay a decision, saying that the Indiana Farm Bureau, the Indiana Department of Agriculture, and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management are scurrying to develop new regulations in the face of the rapid growth of confined feeding operations (CFOs) in Jay and Randolph counties.
"If nothing's happening in 30 days, we'll look at it again," Miller said about approving the recommendations.[[In-content Ad]]
Commissioners Milo Miller Jr., Gary Theurer, and Faron Parr agreed this morning to ask Sue Beesley, attorney with Indianapolis law firm Bingham McHale LLP, who serves as the city commission's attorney, to attend a Jay County Council meeting on Sept. 13 and explain the TIF process to both the council and commissioners.
Commissioners today discussed at length what area could be included in the district and the effect it would have on any other infrastructure needs in that area.
Bob Quadrozzi, Jay County Development Corporation executive director, met with commissioners today also to explain the Portland Redevelopment Commission's desire to begin the TIF process.
Officials with Premier Ethanol LLC, who plan the ethanol plant on that site, have not yet asked for a TIF district to be set up for their plant, Miller said today. Quadrozzi asked if a letter of request would be sufficient.
"It won't save you any money," Quadrozzi said about using the city's commission to establish the district. "It will save you some time."
The county needs to have such a district in place by March 1, 2007, to capture the increased assessed valuation on taxes paid March 1, 2006.
"There are a lot of questions that need answered," commissioners' attorney Brad Burkett said.
"You still have to go through the same process (concerning creating the district)," Quadrozzi advised, "including the public hearings."
He told commissioners, as president of the redevelopment commission, he would be willing to allow the county to use the Community Resources office as well as his administrative assistant, Jodi Scott, to take minutes.
"Keep it as small as possible," Quadrozzi advised commissioners about the district.
Additionally today, addressing Noble Township resident Alice Strohl's concerns, commissioners said they would be waiting at least 30 days before making a decision on proposed changes in the confined feeding operations and concentrated animal feeding operations in the county.
Strohl, along with other Noble Township resident, have expressed concern about the number of such operations being built in the county.
The Jay County Planning Commission agreed, on a split vote on July 13, to recommend that the county make changes in set-back and notification requirements and permitting.
Although those recommendations have not yet been forwarded to the commissioners, when the recommendations are received, the commissioners are expected to schedule another public hearing on the matter.
"We want to delay our decision until we get all our ducks in a row," Theurer said today, "but no matter if the rules change, it's not going to slow or stop them. They're still going to come in, regardless."
At the July 17 meeting, commissioners were urged by Jay County Farm Bureau president Dave Lowe, to delay a decision, saying that the Indiana Farm Bureau, the Indiana Department of Agriculture, and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management are scurrying to develop new regulations in the face of the rapid growth of confined feeding operations (CFOs) in Jay and Randolph counties.
"If nothing's happening in 30 days, we'll look at it again," Miller said about approving the recommendations.[[In-content Ad]]
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