annexation meeting

There will be an annexation workshop Teusday, March 3rd to hear a DERM presentation regarding annexation and look at the final numbers from Corradino. Gym has admitted that Corradinos numbers were much lower than the numbers Gym had, but somehow, shows the same 2.3 million in surplus taxes we could collect. if the taxable values of the proposed annexation areas are down considerably, how is THAT possible? What about the zoning problem? Mitigation fees? The FEC property? If the County agrees in writing that THEY will be responsible for ANY needed cleanups, I would be okay with that part of the annexation question. The rest needs to be negotiated with the County to show a definite benefit to MS before it would be palatable to me. I see NO reason to rush into these discussions and make ANY agreements before debating the issues thoroughly. This is a part of doing ones DUE DILIGENCE, another alien term to this Mayor and Council. Dr. Mel P. Johnson