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Mr. Hackworth: Then that means we?’re really getting the shaft here then. I mean, we?’ve put a lot of money into that and they?’re getting the benefits. I mean if you look at the advertisement for the Mejier?’s store down there, they point to all the rooftops up here in Pickerington and Diley Road is going to be?…that?’s a marketing tool for them down there. And obviously we got thrown out of the CETA talks and now we?’re?…I think we?’re getting the shaft on this JEDD. Now, obviously if something is out in the township as far as an economic agreement with the JEDD, I don?’t have to much problems working with them on that, on each individual project, as we can set and put a calculator to it and see if we?’re going to win or lose on it. But, this stuff that?’s contiguous with our borders, I?’m just really concerned with how much of our hard earned tax dollars are going to be given away to the township. And they haven?’t invested anything into it.
Mr. Fix: Well, I would, again remind you that the expenses get paid before there?’s any tax revenue split. So, if it takes 10 years or 20 years, or whatever it is, to pay back the City for its expenses, the township for its expenses, whoever it is, those expenses get paid first and then there?’s a split of revenues. So, we can?’t sit here and say that the City will be subsidizing the township, because that is not accurate. That?’s not an accurate reflection of what?’s in this agreement. The City will be reimbursed for its
Mr. Hackworth: And, the only place we?’ve got leverage is access points along Diley Road and water, and in some areas water and sewer. So to encourage somebody along Diley Road to annex, it seems to me, our taxpayers and our water and sewer users have provided the infrastructure and the needs?… My biggest problem isn?’t with the JEDD part of this, my biggest problem is the annexation along, especially Diley Road, that we?’ve invested so much money into it and now all this stuff that we were going to enjoy, all these unfunded mandates, a rec center, a swimming pool ?– we just barely make it on our own on the current tax base on property being developed within our borders. I don?’t know how you?’re going to calculate something external to our borders when everything that we?’ve already invested and everything that we might in the future invest in an annexation, we?’re going to have to give up everything after expenses, but that?’s also going to delay the revenue stream coming into the City, and time is money and--
Mr. Fix: Wait, how does it delay revenue stream coming into the City? If the City lays out money, the City gets that money back. That?’s a revenue stream. After the City gets its money back, then we split the remaining taxes.
Mr. Hackworth: Well, if you?’re paying off expenses, that?’s not a revenue stream, I would think.
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Mr. Hackworth: Then that means we?’re really getting the shaft here then. I mean, we?’ve put a lot of money into that and they?’re getting the benefits. I mean if you look at the advertisement for the Mejier?’s store down there, they point to all the rooftops up here in Pickerington and Diley Road is going to be?…that?’s a marketing tool for them down there. And obviously we got thrown out of the CETA talks and now we?’re?…I think we?’re getting the shaft on this JEDD. Now, obviously if something is out in the township as far as an economic agreement with the JEDD, I don?’t have to much problems working with them on that, on each individual project, as we can set and put a calculator to it and see if we?’re going to win or lose on it. But, this stuff that?’s contiguous with our borders, I?’m just really concerned with how much of our hard earned tax dollars are going to be given away to the township. And they haven?’t invested anything into it.
Mr. Fix: Well, I would, again remind you that the expenses get paid before there?’s any tax revenue split. So, if it takes 10 years or 20 years, or whatever it is, to pay back the City for its expenses, the township for its expenses, whoever it is, those expenses get paid first and then there?’s a split of revenues. So, we can?’t sit here and say that the City will be subsidizing the township, because that is not accurate. That?’s not an accurate reflection of what?’s in this agreement. The City will be reimbursed for its
Mr. Hackworth: And, the only place we?’ve got leverage is access points along Diley Road and water, and in some areas water and sewer. So to encourage somebody along Diley Road to annex, it seems to me, our taxpayers and our water and sewer users have provided the infrastructure and the needs?… My biggest problem isn?’t with the JEDD part of this, my biggest problem is the annexation along, especially Diley Road, that we?’ve invested so much money into it and now all this stuff that we were going to enjoy, all these unfunded mandates, a rec center, a swimming pool ?– we just barely make it on our own on the current tax base on property being developed within our borders. I don?’t know how you?’re going to calculate something external to our borders when everything that we?’ve already invested and everything that we might in the future invest in an annexation, we?’re going to have to give up everything after expenses, but that?’s also going to delay the revenue stream coming into the City, and time is money and--
Mr. Fix: Wait, how does it delay revenue stream coming into the City? If the City lays out money, the City gets that money back. That?’s a revenue stream. After the City gets its money back, then we split the remaining taxes.
Mr. Hackworth: Well, if you?’re paying off expenses, that?’s not a revenue stream, I would think.
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