3 October 2013
Dearborn County Redevelopment Commission Meeting Notes
Present: John Rahe, President, Jim Deaton, Dave Deddons,
Kevin Lynch
Terri Randall, County Administrator and Sue Hayden, Minute
Taker.
ABSENT: Jim Helms and Andrea Ewan, Attorney.
Minutes of September 30th approved with Deaton
abstaining as he did not attend that meeting.
Old Business:
Agreement/Contract EDI- postponed till Oct 10
Gennessee and Wyoming Railroad- postponed until Oct 10
Consulting Services Contract Agreement- full terms- postposed
until October 10
New Business:
Open and Consider proposals for purchase of parcel- Rahe opened
the meeting for public comment. No pubic was present. Terri Randall said only
one proposal was received from Whitewater Mills and it was dated October 3rd.
They stated they were projecting 35 jobs with $44,000 average pay. $1 paid for
the land, as the Redevelopment Commission was giving the land to them. If you agree
to let them use it, then accept the resolution- 2013-DCRS-006. There were two
exhibits attached to the proposal.
Resolution 2013-
DCRC-006- Authorizing the disposition of certain property of west Harrison
expanded economic development area was briefly discussed. Commission members
approved the resolution unanimously.
County Administrator
report- Randall said she was working with our attorney Tom Pittman from
Barnes and Thornburg. License agreement is to have Whitewater Mills and parent
company, Siemer Milling, accept all liability for anything that happens on the
property as they are working on it until the deeds are prepared and signed and
the property actually transfers to them. Insurance from Siemer Milling has $2 million injury or death ,$ 3 million if
more than one person, $10,000 deductible. If something happens as they are
working on it and they leave it- Randall said the improvements would be ours.
No mechanics liens can be filed against us per the contract. Coppage is the contractor doing the initial excavating work. They
were picked by Siemers Milling. Randall said they could consider signing the
agreement today so that they did not have to get together again for that. The
attorneys will still have to review all of this and get all the documentation.
Nothing is finalized until Siemer Mills signs it. Randall said you could also
have Rahe sign it for the group if the written email from attorney has all the
information and approved it. The term of the agreement is 60 days till Dec 1,
2013.
Lynch said Whitewater
Mill has all financing in order and we have a letter from their bank. Lynch
moved to sign the agreement and hold it until we receive documentation from our
attorney. Deaton 2nded- passed unanimously and Rahe signed the agreement. They
did not want anything to slow the project down.
Randall talked to Jody Blasdel with Tri-Township Water about
getting the water line there. $67,000 was initial cost given to Paul Kunkel who
was no longer working for them and now it is $97,533. Blasdel went thru the
quote with Randall and showed about $53,000 was what would be real cost no
matter who was there. The rest is because of special costs due to the mill.
They need volume etc. Randall said that this would have enough water for
adjoining properties when they develop.(Doesn’t that depend on how much water
they need?) They will walk thru this at the next meeting in detail. They plan
to use the TIF account to pay for this water. Harrison Fire Dept filed with the
state to use a dry system rather than a wet system to fight fires. They are
fine with serving this development per Randall. Bonding is next Randall said.
Local banks are not doing this for us. They will have to go to Indy perhaps to
get this. The bonds involve the county because we are committing the tax
revenue. State wants to be involved in the groundbreaking ceremony in November.
Rahe said there is a lot o do to get this closed. Lynch said
the next one will be a lot easier.
Attorney’s report- absent
Other business- none
Meeting adjourned at 5 PM
Christine Brauer Mueller
Lawrenceburg Township
1 comment:
"Coppage is the contractor doing the initial excavating work. They were picked by Siemers Milling"
How did Siemers pick the excavators?
Was there an open bid process?
Did locals bid also?
Is Lawrenceburg grant money paying for the excavation?
Just asking - as Coppage is not a locally familiar name and the purpose of TIFs is to get local jobs and the taxes from local employees.
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