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Residents criticize county and council votes on development agreement and tax abatement changes

5491311 · July 22, 2025
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Public commenters urged the county to oppose recent changes to affirmative action language in a development agreement and revisions to the tax abatement ordinance; commissioners responded but took no formal action at the meeting.

Several residents used the Board of Commissioners' public comment period to criticize recent changes to a development agreement and to the county's tax abatement ordinance, and to urge commissioners to oppose those changes.

Dan Caruso of Compton Street, New Carlisle, said he ‘‘respect[s] what you fellas do’’ but faulted commissioners for not vetoing "the affirmative action language changes in the development agreement" during a prior meeting. Caruso said he believed the existing language dated to…

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