Allen County commissioners Tuesday morning overturned an earlier decision that denied abatement of county property taxes for American Self Storage units at the east edge of Iola.
Dana Watson, former Iolan and a partner in the Independence business that built the units, told commissioners paperwork for the tax abatement — Iola and USD 257 agreed to it previously — was apparently lost in City Hall.
Iola Mayor Bill Shirley agreed, which convinced commissioners to trigger the 10-year abatement through the Neighborhood Revitalization Program starting â¨Jan. 1.
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Abatement gets go-ahead
