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Commissioners advance preliminary TIF for Liberty Place subdivision, schedule public process
Summary
The Clark County Board approved preliminary steps to pursue tax-increment financing (TIF) for the proposed Liberty Place subdivision, a 159-unit single-family project, beginning statutory notice and public hearings while Commissioners and township residents raised questions about a proposed 5‑mill levy and long-term impacts.
The Clark County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 25 approved a preliminary term sheet to pursue tax-increment financing for Liberty Place, a proposed development of roughly 159 single-family homes, and authorized the economic development plan and statutory notices that start the public review process.
The preliminary term sheet (Resolution 2026-0160) would establish incentive districts under Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.78(B) and use a portion of property tax payments-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOTs) to reimburse the developer, Darp, LLC, for certain public infrastructure costs. County staff said the arrangement contemplates 30-year bonds and a structure described as “100% with additional 5 mils on the development itself” to fund the infrastructure and make school districts whole.
Ethan Harris, county development staff, told the commission the 5‑mil levy is charged to homeowners…
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