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Charles Manufacturing presents expansion as commissioners weigh enterprise-zone abatement
Summary
Charles Manufacturing owner Dave Frazier told commissioners his expansion would add payroll and several jobs; planning staff said state law limits abatements to new investment and delegated negotiation authority rests with municipalities, leaving commissioners largely ministerial discretion unless a legal or procedural flaw exists.
At a March 3 workshop, Charles Manufacturing owner Dave Frazier presented his company’s history, workforce and an expansion proposal as the county considered a municipal-negotiated enterprise-zone abatement.
Nick Coggins of the county planning commission walked commissioners through the county’s 1994 enterprise-zone legislation and cited the Ohio Revised Code provisions that guide eligibility and the delegation of negotiation authority to municipalities. Coggins emphasized that abatements apply only to new…
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