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Residents at Germantown meeting urge transparency on Blackstone Creek land swap and warn against removing tornado sirens
Summary
Multiple residents raised concerns about a proposed golf-course land-swap tied to a tax financing plan, alleged conflicts of interest, and the village’s plan to remove sirens; they also sought clearer public outreach and website fixes.
Residents used the Feb. 3 public-comment period at the Germantown Village Board meeting to press officials on development transparency, tax-financing, emergency warning systems and municipal communications.
A speaker representing a group calling itself the Germantown Taxpayer Accountability Group delivered a letter urging the board to reject a proposal the speaker called “Blackstone Creek,” described as an exchange agreement in which the golf-course owner would swap wetland land for a parcel of Germantown parkland currently hosting a pickleball court and skate park. The speaker said the proposal would enable the owner to build a large rental complex and criticized what the speaker called a proposed “tax investment financing situation called a TIN,” which the…
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