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to do. Does anybody agree or disagree? Councilman Tom Warthen told the commission the WWTP was looking at an expansion project and looking at TIF 1 area to make sure all infrastructure issues are done that can be done, also if can spend money on Stormwater, he would like them to amend the plan to include that. Brian Nelson asked if the commission should sit down and come up with some recommendations? Brian Nelson told Councilman Bryant his priorities seem to be in reducing the TIF district and Councilman Warthen's priorities seem to be in projects and using TIF funding to support the projects. Knowing that those are opposing views, would it make sense to us to sit down and give a recommendation? Chairman Kollmeyer said he believed that if they go thru and plan to amend our plan, it still has to be approved by the Town Council and to the Plan Commission. Chairman Kollmeyer also said we had maxed out areas in TIF 1 to the point that if we -Lauren said something about increasing the boundaries and Chairman Kollmeyer said that was his point if we have a potential industrial area that we could increase and if he was going to go thru and amend the plan we need to everything at one time. Chairman Kollmeyer said it sounded like the church was a done deal. He said he asked Tim Currens he said we have to vote on tax abatement and make a recommendation to the Town Council and the Town Council has gone thru and has voted for a permanent tax abatement and Tim Currens said now it isn't a permanent and I said essentially it is, there is fifteen acres of industrial ground that will no longer be taxable. It is right in the middle of any future industrial, there are some covenants that Tim said was included to that, like easements for utilities, easements for access to other property but that in itself I think will make it more difficult to sell that land, so that is my opinion, it was a bad mistake. Brian Nelson asked if the base would now have to change. Could not hear Lauren' s answer. Councilman Warthen made a comment that the decision could be looked at in different directions, the church rezone passed with a majority vote so from this point will have to accept and support the deciSion made at the Town council meeting and move on with a positive attitude. Chairman Kollmeyer said his concern was for future development in that area and his question for the rest of the council is the rest of the council going to support future development or have we made a switch because I don't know. I know who voted against this and they are here tonight and I am concerned what is going to happen in the future. Chairman Kollmeyer said he talked to Tim Currens about an annual report he says that has always been a requirement. He had never told us, the Clerk-Treasurer provides a financial report at the end of each year and we have the minutes and the only other thing we need to do is get the financial information, list who the members are, inform that the members do not receive any money and that we don't have a paid staff and the income we have received and expenses we have paid out. He asked Helen Humes if she prepared that. She answered yes and that in the past a report had been available, but maybe was not prepared in the time frame listed in the statute. Chairman Kollmeyer asked if there was any other old or new business. Helen Humes said something they need to decide, since there was a forty-five day notification before payoff of a bond, they need to decide on a meeting date to talk about the bonds. Chairman Kollmeyer asked if the bonds