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Consultant presents draft tax-abatement policy, suggests optional fee for development abatement

Perry County Council and Board of Commissioners (joint meeting) · January 23, 2026

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RDL Solutions consultant Jonathan Blake presented a draft tax-abatement policy that would create a tax-abatement committee, set application standards and offer an optional fee (authorized by Indiana code) of up to 15% of the annual abatement to fund economic-development work; no action was requested tonight.

Jonathan Blake of RDL Solutions presented a draft county tax-abatement policy intended to standardize application requirements, create a tax-abatement committee and provide scoring guidance to the council.

Blake described the recommended committee composition — two county council members, one county commissioner, a planning commission member and the…

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