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HUMAN RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
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The April 10, 1989 meeting of the Human Resources and
Economic Development Committee was called to order by its
Chair Person Council Member Steve Luecke at 4: 05 p.m. in the
Council informal meeting room.
Persons in attendance included -Council Members: Coleman,
Luecke, Puzzello, Slavinskas, and Zakrzewski; Ann Kolata,
Howard Dukes, Pamela Meyer, Richard J. Koerting, Byron
Bartlett, and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand.
Council Member Luecke noted that the first items to review
were Resolutions No. 89-36 which is a request for ten-year
real property tax abatement for Miles Dental Manufacturing
and Resolution No. 89-37 which is a five-year personal
property tax abatement for Miles Dental Manufacturing
business to be located at 4315 South Lafayette Boulevard.
Ann Kolata reviewed the March 27, 1989 report from the
Department of Economic Development (copy attached) . It was
noted by Mr. Bartlett that the company would be closing its
operation in St. . Louis, Missouri and relocating to South
Bend. The company is a dental manufacturing business which
would create 100 new permanent jobs the first year and would
be maintaining 30 existing permanent full time jobs. He
further noted that the area in question is 9 1/2 acres with
adequate room for further expansion.
Following further discussion Council Member Slavinskas made
a motion seconded by Council Member Puzzello that Resolution
No. 89-36 be recommended favorably to Council. The motion
passed.
Following further discussion, Council Member Puzzello made a
motion seconded by Council Member Slavinskas that Resolution
No. 89-37 be recommended favorably to Council. The motion
passed.
The' Committee then reviewed Resolution No. 89-34 which would
authorize the submission of an application for an enterprise
zone boundary modification to the Indiana Enterprise Zone
Board.
Pamela Meyer then handed out a package of information
entitled "Justification for Cevin Industries/AM General
Boundary Changes" . (copy attached) She noted that the
boundary change goes with the business. Thus, the previous
boundary change with LTV is null and void. She noted that
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the request is for the exact boundary changes previously
approved by the Common Council. She further noted that May
4, 1989 is the date of the State board meeting and that the
State requires that all documents be tendered to them at
least 20 days prior to their meeting. The new owner of the
operation would be Cevin Industries.
Following further discussion Council Member Puzzello made a
motion seconded by Council Member Zakrzewski that Resolution
No. 89-34 be recommended favorably to Council. The motion
passed.
There being no further business to come before the
Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 4: 30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Council Member Steve Luecke, Chair Person
Human Resources and Economic Development Committee
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