Commission removes vacancy-tax language, approves Economic Development chapter
Cheney commissioners removed proposed vacancy-tax language from policy E.04 and approved updates to the Economic Development Element, noting that tables were updated using the latest census decade.
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The Planning Commission approved changes to the Economic Development chapter during its Sept. 14 meeting. Travis Bonwell said the chapter contained "quite a few changes," but that the tables were updated to reflect the most recent decade using census data. Discussion focused on policy E.04: commissioners elected to remove language about a vacancy tax and reframe the policy to promote economic development. The motion to approve the chapter, made by Commissioner Tom Jarms and seconded by Commissioner Shawn Ricketson, carried unanimously.
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