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Martin County Alliance Director Tim Kinder and Sam Yoder with Indian Creek Quarries, LLC, presented the statement of benefits for personal property to the Martin County Council Monday night.
The 10-year abatement will be for personal property only on manufacturing equipment purchased. A timetable for implementing a tax rebate was explained.
Yoder has hired seven people and anticipates hiring two more. Judge Lynne Ellis asked how many of the employees were from Martin County, with the answer being one. She also asked what the tax value of the abatement would be. Kinder replied it would be around $44,000 the first year with the quarry paying 10 percent in tax the second year and then 10 percent added each year for the duration of the abatement. The official amount will not be known until an assessment is done.
Kinder said that any equipment purchased after the tax abatement is put in place would be fully taxed unless another abatement is requested.
Council member Warren Albright said, “A lot of what they’re looking at is that it’s brand new jobs, we’re not losing income.”
He said the quarry has already received “quite a bit of steam.”
Ellis replied that she is all for new businesses starting in Martin County, but she doesn’t agree with Albright’s statement about it being all about the jobs. She said of the nine jobs they offer, only one is benefiting a resident of Martin County.
Kinder replied that he understands what Ellis is saying, however she needs to take in to consideration the qualifications needed for the jobs.
Councilman Lonnie Hawkins explained the budget request from the Martin County Historical Society. He said that many years ago a handshake agreement was made between the historical society and the council agreeing to support the society each year by giving them $6,000. Through the years, the dollar amount has been lowered, with the total amount being $2,500 for 2012. The request for 2013 has been increased back to $6,000.
Council member Lynn Gee asked if Clerk Julie Fithian would be scanning any of the documents currently housed at the museum along with the ones she has been scanning from the courthouse vault. No one was sure, but Gee said it would be nice to have all the documents scanned and then discarded.
The council approved a transfer requested by Surveyor Paul Sanders from the corner perpetuation fund, personal services to the corner perpetuation fund, other services and charges for mileage in the amount of $351.
The council also approved an additional appropriation for the sales disclosure fee fund, capital outlay, equipment, for two copiers, one for the assessor’s office and one for the auditor’s office in the amount of $10,000 requested by Assessor McGuire.
Ellis requested an additional appropriation to pay for public defender fees of $50,000. She reported she has collected $14,000 from the public defenders fees and has only approximately $44,000 still outstanding for 2012, although there are a few that have not been processed yet.
The council approved her request and the money will come out of the general fund.
The budget hearings will be Sept. 10 and 11 at 8:30 a.m. in the commissioners’ room.
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