Young County commissioners press Tapadares Solar for maps, counsel-payment guarantee in abatement talks

Young County Commissioners discussed an application from Tapadares Solar LLC seeking a tax abatement for a proposed solar farm, but commissioners and members of the public said they have received incomplete information and the company has not confirmed it will reimburse county legal costs.

The commissioners’ discussion, led by Commissioner Wiley and Commissioner Cresswell, focused on outstanding questions about the project’s location, whether leases have been recorded and whether the applicant would pay the county’s counsel fees regardless of whether an abatement is granted. Commissioner Cresswell told the court he had asked the applicant’s representative, “Mr. Pena,” for answers and for written confirmation of payment for legal counsel and had not received them. He said, “I still…