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Residents raise zoning, tax abatement and library governance concerns during public comment
Summary
Public commenters urged caution on a proposed data center rezoning and tax-abatement process, asked for updates on the Portage Manor property, and raised alleged procedural issues with library board appointments and a pending budget vote; commissioners heard multiple speakers and did not take immediate action on these items.
Several members of the public used the meeting’s public-comment period to urge the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners to pause or closely scrutinize a proposed data center rezoning and related tax-abatement policies, to request an update on the Portage Manor property, and to raise procedural questions about library board appointments.
Dan Caruso of New Carlisle urged commissioners to delay approval of additional data-center projects until the county has full operating data from recently announced large industrial users. Caruso said approval of more data centers “would be foolish and reckless” until water and…
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