This meeting has plenty of discussion of funding for Goose Creek Crossing. Recovery Zone Bonds, matching grants and the percentage different funding requires. Preble County officials had yet to come up with any inventory of possible grants or funding over the last few years that could be used for a match on applications. The recent Conveyance Fee increase is currently on target to raise over $80,000 a year. County Engineer Steve Simmons also mentioned selling a 90 acre farm the county owns and raising the license plate fee. Issue 2 money was mentioned for funding of water and sewer infrastructure at Goose Creek. I've been getting word that Issue 2 money may also become a point of interest if Camden officials ever get their act together and take legal action on the treatment they received on the landfill leachate issue. Citizens of Preble County should also take notice of the JRS (Job Ready Site) application at Goose Creek. Had the leachate gone to Camden, Ohio it would have opened up an area for economic and industrial development that already has much of the infrastructure that Goose Creek lacks. Citizens of Preble County already pay a landfill assessment and the question of it being used to subsidize Lakengren should be a major issue. Jobs and bang for the buck all favor Camden. Chris Day has previously put the $250,000 current grant and Goose Creek work at 1% of the eventual cost of the project. While the County Commissioners parade the project around to Chamber and Rotary membership it should not be forgotten that Camden can
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