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Residents press Sellersburg council on redevelopment commission transparency and use of TIF dollars
Summary
Residents and council members debated how redevelopment commission actions, TIF dollars and property transfers are handled and whether the public can be heard before those bodies. Town attorney and staff outlined statutory limits and recommended bringing disputed items back to the council agenda for public discussion.
A lengthy public exchange at the Town of Sellersburg’s Dec. 15 meeting focused on how redevelopment commission decisions are made, what public access exists to those meetings and how tax increment financing (TIF) dollars and property transfers are handled.
Resident Troy Pierce asked directly how a member of the public would appeal or be heard by the redevelopment commission. “How do you appeal to the redevelopment commission?” Pierce asked during the public-comment portion. Several residents and council members said they were concerned that redevelopment meetings are often administrative and sometimes lack an avenue for public comment.
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