Wednesday, March 29, 2000
Larger enterprise zone OK'd for Monroe
It will lead to development, mayor says
BY CINDI ANDREWS
The Cincinnati Enquirer
LEBANON — Warren County commissioners agreed Tuesday to let Monroe extend its enterprise zone over the county line, enabling the eastern part of the city to offer tax breaks to prospective businesses.
“In this business world of today, incentives are important to get these companies to decide to do business with you,” Monroe Mayor Elbert Tannreuther said. “I'm sure it will help spur development in the city.”
The enterprise zone has been in place for nearly a decade on the Butler County side of Monroe, which constitutes the majority of the city. Warren County's action opens the tax-abatement option for at least 800 acres of land zoned industrial on the east side, primarily in the Corridor 75 Park.
Proposed tax breaks will have to be approved by Warren commissioners.
Also Tuesday, commissioners:
• Agreed to pay Universal Transportation Systems, which runs the county transit system, surcharges based on the cost of gasoline. The county's contract with UTS makes no mention of fuel costs, but the company pleaded for help with the recent steep rise in gas prices.
“You would have had to be a psychic to predict that fuel would have skyrocketed to $1.58 per gallon and climbing,” UTS President Tom Burer said in a letter.
Commissioners plan to look into getting a contract for the county to buy its own gas in the future, as it can avoid taxes that way.
• Approved a tentative site plan for Spring Hill Station, a strip shopping center at U.S. 22/Ohio 3 and Clarksville Road in Washington Township, on the eastern edge of the county.
The 15-acre center is to include a lumberyard, a convenience store and self-storage.
Enquirer reporter Janet Wetzel contributed.
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