Clinton County Auditor Brett Osler opened a public hearing to amend the county’s certified net assessed value file to add two tax abatements for Union and Owen townships, saying the abatements are for a second year.

Osler said the amendment has been submitted to the Department of Local Government Finance through the state Gateway portal and that county staff will work with the department to add the abatements to the certified file. "The purpose of this hearing is to make an amendment to our certified net assessed value file," Osler said.

Osler introduced Janet Lloyd, the auditor’s first deputy, at the start of the hearing. The hearing record shows no members of the public spoke; Osler closed the hearing after calling for public comment and receiving none.

The transcript does not specify the dollar amounts, parcel identifiers, or taxpayers covered by the two abatements. Osler said the abatements "will be adding those today," and that this is the second year for those abatements. The county did not record a formal roll-call vote in the available transcript; the auditor’s office indicated it would complete the administrative filing with the Department of Local Government Finance and make the updated file available on Gateway.

Next steps documented in the hearing record are administrative: the auditor’s office will submit the amendment to the Department of Local Government Finance via Gateway and publish the amended certified net assessed value file through that portal. The transcript does not specify a timeline for the filing or implementation, nor does it include details about the abatement amounts or affected parcels.

The brief hearing consisted of the auditor’s announcement, an invitation for public comment, and the auditor’s closure of the hearing after no comments were offered.