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Commissioners schedule public hearing on Kimberly‑Clark enterprise zone and 60% tax abatement proposal
Summary
Trumbull County officials disclosed a proposed enterprise zone agreement with Kimberly‑Clark for a 1.16‑million‑square‑foot facility and scheduled a public hearing before the Board considers the 10‑year, 60% tax incentive.
Trumbull County commissioners announced a public hearing for April 17 to consider an enterprise zone agreement proposed for Kimberly‑Clark Corp., which would provide a 60% property tax abatement for 10 years for a proposed 1,157,261‑square‑foot manufacturing and warehouse facility straddling Holland and Warren townships.
County officials said the company proposes manufacturing consumer absorbent hygiene products on the site and estimates about 490 initial jobs for phase 1. Howard and Warren townships have already approved a 60% abatement and the county will hold a public hearing at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the public hearing room before taking final action.
Why it matters: County staff said the tax‑incentive package is intended to make the project financially feasible and help the company move forward with permitting and construction approvals. The agreement covers only the phase‑1 building footprint and related jobs; any later expansion would require a separate application and new agreement, commissioners said.
Details and next steps: Commission staff described the enterprise zone as countywide in scope under a 1994 resolution delegating negotiation authority to townships. They said roughly 75% of the Phase‑1 building footprint would lie in Holland Township, with about 25% in Warren Township. Commissioners said Warren City need not take action because the building footprint does not lie within city parcels.
The county will receive written and oral comments at the hearing and will consider the agreement at its next regular meeting after the public hearing. County officials said they expect additional state and local incentives and noted that roughly $17 million in state support had helped advance the project earlier this month.
What was said: “We will have a public hearing tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. in the public hearing room,” said a county official overseeing the project. “If they move on to a second phase and do an expansion … they will have to come for a second agreement.”
Ending: The county urged interested residents and stakeholders to attend or submit comments at the public hearing. The commissioners said they would provide the full proposed agreement and supporting materials to the clerk’s office in advance of final consideration.
