10-23-00 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 23, 2000 SECTION VI. The Common Council hereby determines that the property owner is qualified for and is granted property tax deduction for a period of ten (10) years. SECTION VII. The Common Council directs the City Clerk to cause notice of the adoption of this Declaratory Resolution for Real Property Tax Abatement to be published pursuant to Indiana Code 5 -3 -1 and Indiana Code 6 -1.1- 12.1 -2.5, said publication providing notice of the public hearing before the Common Council on the proposed confirming of said declaration. SECTION VIII. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. s /Charlotte Pfeifer Member of the Common Council Councilmember Kelly reported that the Community and Economic Development Committee met on this bill and recommends this Resolution to the Council favorably. Councilmember Aranowski advised that he will be recusing himself from voting on this tax abatement because he provides accounting services to the petitioner. Council Attorney Kathleen Cekanski - Farrand advised that for the record Mr. Michael Beitzinger, Community and Economic Development, will file a substitute Resolution making a change in the length of time for this tax abatement from three (3) years to ten (10) years. The changes will be made in the title of the Resolution as well as in the body of the Resolution on page three (3) Section VI. Mr. Beitzinger will also file an Addendum to the tax abatement report which is currently on file which will amend the abatement qualification to reflect the SIC code and incorporate the detailed information that was given by the petitioner at the committee meeting. Ms. Carol Gyuriak, 6115 Miami Street, South Bend, Indiana, made the presentation for this Resolution. Ms. Gyuriak noted that GVW Tire, Inc. through GVW Realty, LLC is requesting a change in the tax abatement length from three (3) years for a wholesale operation to ten (10) years for a manufacturing operation and favorable approval of this abatement is requested. A Public Hearing was held on the Resolution at this time. There was no one present wishing to speak to the Council either in favor of or in opposition to this Resolution. At this time, Council Attorney Kathleen Cekanski- Farrand asked that the petitioner give some additional information in light of the fact that this abatement has been changed from a three (3) year abatement to a ten (10) year abatement. Ms.Gyuriak noted that most people think of manufacturing as one building receiving all parts with those parts moving down a production line with the completion of a final product. During the last few years out sourcing has been utilized in many fields. Mr. Gyuriak named several companies that have contracted with GVW Tire, Inc. to out source part of their manufacturing process. These companies manufacture motor homes, truck trailers and waste haulers. They have their products shipped to GVW and they are then responsible for completing their needed products. Once this is achieved they ship the completed product to their location and then the unit takes it spot on the production line. In the past year they have completed manufactured units in excess of twenty five hundred (2,500) units a month and they are currently negotiating with another company that will bring the total number of units to four thousand (4,000) a month. Therefore, they would appreciate a favorable response to their request for a ten (10) year tax abatement. Councilmember Varner made a motion to adopt this Resolution as amended. Councilmember White seconded the motion which carried and the Resolution was adopted by a roll call vote of nine (9) ayes.