County and city officials approve continuing tax incentives for local companies

CAMBRIDGE − The board of Guernsey County Commissioners met March 19 and approved recommendations from the TIRC committee for its five remaining Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) tax incentives to continue, according to the minutes provided by Clerk Michele Long.A 2008 AMG Vandium CRA in Guernsey County expired in 2023, according to the minutes.The five remaining county CRAs that were in compliance and approved to continue were for three AMG Vandium projects (2011, 2013, and 2018), A.F.C., and Fairfield Inn. All the CRAs expire after 15 years.The minutes also noted that a tax break to Guernsey Power Station was approved to continue.City of Cambridge Engineer Nick Cunningham said in an email that “the city’s TIRC meeting is combined with the county’s. The City’s existing CRA’s were approved without any issues.”The March 19 county minutes provided to The Daily Jeffersonian did not show any reference to the city of Cambridge CRAs. In mid-April the Daily Jefferson requested the public minutes of the meeting approving the TIRC recommendation by city council, or of the TIRC meeting itself in regards to the city. However those public records were not made available to the Daily Jeff. The county provided the city’s CRAs to The Daily Jeffersonian and Cunningham confirmed these five: Plastic Compounders, Farahay Family Dental, Area Agency on Aging, and two for Rural King.It is unclear the length of the city’s CRAs as that public record was also requested and not provided.

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