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Residents and council member press commissioners on Microsoft data center, TIF expansion and Patriot Veil extension
Summary
County council member Andy Rutten and residents including Stacia Skillman and Steve Zeifong urged commissioners to explain why the Microsoft data center and a possible TIF expansion are back before the commissioners and raised concerns about land use, school proximity, train impacts and fiscal effects on county general fund.
Several public commenters and a county council member used the meeting's public-comment period to press commissioners for details about a proposed Microsoft data center, a possible tax-increment financing (TIF) footprint expansion and the so-called "Patriot Veil" extension.
Andy Rutten, who identified himself as a member of the St. Joe County Council representing eastern county neighborhoods, asked why the Patriot Veil extension (a road or utility alignment previously discussed) was resubmitted to the commissioners, when the county council typically handles expenditures. "Why is this proposal being resubmitted at…
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