The Avon Town Council on Oct. 23 approved Resolution 2025-27 granting a 10-year personal property tax abatement to LSC Communications Book LLC for operations planned in a large Chicago Industrial building east of Burnett Woods.

Ryan (town staff) introduced the item, noting the company plans to occupy about 700,000 square feet of the existing building on County Road 100 South and described LSC Communications Book LLC as a book distribution company consolidating several facilities into Avon. Ryan told the council the town previously approved a real-property abatement for the building owner (Chicago Industrial); this abatement applies only to new personal property (equipment) installed in the building and cannot be applied to equipment merely moved within the state.

Ryan said the company represented it will create roughly 200 jobs overall, with an initial 50 jobs and another 150 within two years. He and other staff emphasized council oversight: annual filings and a certificate of substantial compliance are required so the town can verify payroll, number of employees and personal property investment before the company receives each year's abatement benefit.

During the discussion staff repeatedly pointed the council to the SB-1 form (the state filing attached to the abatement application) as the formal representation the company makes to the town. Ryan and another staff speaker noted the SB-1 lists the company’s explicit commitments (for example, a specified number of jobs to retain and to add and a value for new logistical/distribution equipment). One staff speaker noted the SB-1 in the packet indicated the company represented it would retain 20 jobs and add 40 — figures the council can use to measure “substantial compliance” each year — while the company’s broader public statements referenced a longer-term plan for up to 200 jobs.

A town staff speaker described the compliance process: each spring the company submits documentation to the town and county auditor showing payroll, employee counts and personal property investment; the council must review and vote in a public meeting to certify substantial compliance for that year or deny the abatement for noncompliance.

Council opened a public hearing on the resolution, received no public comments, and approved Resolution 2025-27 on roll call.