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Lafayette council unanimously approves GIS interlocal, tax-abatement compliance, economic revitalization area and CDBG/HOME action plan; two items tabled
Summary
The Lafayette City Council unanimously passed several resolutions including an interlocal GIS agreement, annual tax-abatement compliance determinations, an economic revitalization area tied to a proposed $22 million equipment investment, and the CDBG/HOME 2026 action plan. A rezoning petition and an interlocal human relations agreement were tabled to allow petitioner or partner attendance.
At its June meeting the Lafayette City Council unanimously approved a package of routine and development-related resolutions and set a public hearing on an economic revitalization application.
IT Director Andy Milm told council the city can use the county—GIS software license under an interlocal agreement at no cost to Lafayette; council approved Resolution 2026-09 by a 7-0 roll call.
Council also approved Resolution 2026-10, the annual tax-abatement compliance report. Economic development staff and the redevelopment commission reviewed companies—compliance; most are meeting their pledges, though a few remain completing projects or cite national economic headwinds. The resolution passed 7-0.
On Resolution 2026-11 council approved designating a property as an economic revitalization area and approving an application for property tax abatement for the company named in the meeting as "Nanchchan American Aluminum Technologies LLC." A company representative said the project would invest approximately $22 million in personal property and could create up to 20 jobs paying roughly $35 per hour over a five-year period; the equipment will be installed within the existing facility. Council approved the resolution 7-0 and scheduled a public hearing for July 6 at 6:01 p.m.
Council also approved Resolution 2026-12, the City of Lafayette—Consolidated Plan annual action plan for CDBG and HOME funds. Staff reported a CDBG allocation of $666,262. The transcript contains a garbled HOME amount; staff described a public comment process and awarded HOME funds to a local project (transcript reports $572,000 to a project described as building two houses to house six households) and a CDBG award of $83,153 to Mount Hope for opioid-related services. Council approved the CDBG/HOME action plan 7-0.
Two items were set aside: Ordinance 2026-18, a rezoning petition, and Resolution 2026-06, an interlocal human relations commission agreement with West Lafayette and Tippecanoe County; both were tabled to allow petitioners or partners to appear at a later meeting.
