9 November 2026 Dearborn County Redevelopment Meeting Notes
Present: Jim Deaton, Chairman, Trevor Bischoff, Dennis Kraus,Jr., Tom Tepe, Jim Mansfield, Doug Baker.
ABSENT: Jordan Hoffman and (non- voting school board member)
Also present: Connie Fromhold, Auditor and DCRC treasurer.
ABSENT: Sue Hayden, county administrator and minute taker, and Anthony Smart, attorney.
Title VI statement read as legally required.Election of Officers for 2026
EXECUTIVE SESSION 4:00 p.m.
• IC § 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(2)(D): For a discussion of strategy with respect to a real property transaction including: a purchase; a lease as lessor; a lease as lessee; a transfer; an exchange; or a sale; by the governing body up to the time a contract or option is executed by the parties.
• IC § 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(4) Interviews and negotiations with industrial or commercial prospects or agents of industrial or commercial prospects by: a governing body of a political subdivision.
IC § 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(19): To have communications with an attorney that are subject to the attorney client privilegee
Certification of Executive Session- Board verified they only discussed what was advertised.
HOUSEKEEPING:
Approval of Minutes- Oct 19 and Nov 2 minutes approved
Claims:
Banning Engineering - $8,400 – Invoice dated 11/5/2026
Duke Energy - $13.91 – bill dated 10/7/2026
Duke Energy - $50.74 – bill dated 10/6/2026
Atlas - $1,242.50 – Invoice dated 10/20/2026
Indiana & Ohio Railway Company - $13,692.40 – Invoice dated 10/26/2026
Bayer Becker - $320 – Invoice dated 10/26/2026
Baker Tilly - $6,750 – Invoice dated 10/30/2026
Register Publications - $63.24 – Invoice dated 10/6/2026
All claims APPROVED
Claims: Financials – Review
TIF Cash Flow Analysis - Review
Begin Public Hearing at 5:10pm
Open Public Hearing
No public was present to speak.
Close Public Hearing
Action From Executive Session- no action from executive session.
OLD BUSINESS
TWG Development Project Update - Jim Deaton- TWG asked for extension to 12/23 for closing.
Tri-Township Water Project Update - Trevor Bischoff - Banning Engineering report is in. We will schedule a meeting with them to review it. They will share our results with the water company.
2026 Givaudan Allocation Area Update - Jim Deaton- All set and have been to Council and commissioners.
Confirmatory Resolution Creating a Separate New Allocation Area within the Existing West Harrison - Deaton- the resolution is in your packets. 2026 DCRC-007. We have done this in the past for Flour Mill and Whitewater Processing. We are nodding this for Givaudan- a new 25 year allocation area for their property only. No discussion. APPROVED AND SIGNED BY ALL BOARD MEMBERS.
Economic Development Area and Including a Designated Taxpayer for Personal Property TIF
TIF Pruning - One Dearborn- no update on that per Perleberg.
2027 DLGF TIF Spending Plan - Jim Deaton- This is required by DLGF -no one pays attention to it. APPROVED.
NEW BUSINESS
One Dearborn Report: Perleberg- $25,000 second set or earnest money from TWG.
READI 2.0 Grant Update- $31,000 is the first draw from Auditor. Moores Dr project. It goes into the reimbursable grant fund. It’s an emptying fund - a clearing fund per Fromhold. It would be coming out of the West Harrison TIF fund. One more draw from the balance in the future.
Cushman Wakefield- Perleberg- 15 acres in West Harrison TIF is only property left. Their marketing agreement ends soon. Do we want to renew that marketing agreement? They would still capture commission for projects they were working with for 180 days, if we did not renew. Anthony has not reviewed the 3rd amendment yet. No harm in waiting until December meeting. TABLED until December.
Signarama- Perleberg- wanted to discuss sign maintenance agreement from 2018. Electric is $50 a month on that sign at Aurora Industrial Park. Might come to another meeting.
BAYER BECKER REPORT
West Harrison I-74 EB Ramp- Continue on that. Todd Listerman is out for a while after a heart procedure.
West Harrison Moore Drive and Railroad Crossing- Poles removed from Duke. Asphalt for RR crossing itself- asked them to do work on Sat and Sunday. Agreed. Warned Maxwell with Whitewater Processing that the asphalt may need to be curing on Monday.
Downtown Bright Infrastructure- nothing
I-74 Billboard Removal- done and off site. Took a half day.
Farmers contract about getting the asphalt done.
The road paving in Bright - Merilees - won’t take the part along there as we do not have ROW there. Kraus Jr wants him to get with Todd Listerman before he goes further on that to see what the county need before that road would be accepted. a.
ATTORNEY’S REPORT- not present
OTHER BUSINESS- none
PUBLIC COMMENT- none
ADJOURNED 5:35 PM
Christine Brauer Mueller
Lawrenceburg Township
