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The November 4, 1985 meeting of the Human Resources and Economic
Development Committee was called to order by its chairman Eugenia Braboy
at 4: 10 p.m. in thecCouncil informal meeting room.
• Persons in attendance included: Councilmen Serge, Braboy, Puzzello,
Beck, Taylor, Zakrzewski, Crone, Paszek, and Voorde; Jon Hunt, Eugenia
Schwartz, Mike Vance, Ann Kolota, Hedy Robinson, and Kathleen Cekanski-
Farrand.
Councilman Braboy then called upon Jon Hunt for background information.
Jon Hunt noted that a considerable amount of staff time had been spent
evaluating what the new State law would mean in the area of tax abatement.
He rioted' that basically there are two issues: the process and the criteria.
Councilman Braboy noted that all of the information received today .
would be for background purposes only and that no formal decisions would
be made. She also noted that the Council has the final authority as to
what criteria should be used when .establishing a three, six, or ten year
tax abatement.
Eugenia Schwartz then reviewed the law which allow- City Councils to
grant 3, 6, or 10 year abatements. She noted that the new State law will
take effect on January 1, 1986.
Ann Kolota noted that on November 7th several members of the staff
will meet with other- Economic Development personnel from other cities to
discuss how their communities will handle petitions under the new law.
Councilman Taylor specifically requested that the staff find out what fees
were being charged for such petitions.
It was also noted that the County Auditor and County. Assessor should
be involved with the process since these two offices are part of the
process.
Councilman Braboy noted that minority hiring should be properly
weighed and made a part of this process and perhaps strengthened from its
current language in the ordinance.
Councilman Crone noted that the impact of TIF should also be reviewed
by the Council when considering new tax abatement criteria.
Following discussion by the Committee the meeting was adjourned at
5: 15 p.m; and the Committee agreed to meet again on this topic on November 18 .
Respectfully submitted,
Councilman Eugenia Braboy
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