PUBLIC NOTICES 10.02.2025
Public Notice
To Whom it May concern:
The State of Indiana is proposing to acquire a parcel of land with unknown ownership, located along the west bank of the West Fork of White River, located in Madison Township, Morgan County, Indiana, legally described as follows:
A part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 12, Township 13 North, Range 2 East, Morgan County, Indiana, described as follows: All that part of the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 12 which lies west of White River. Containing 11.790 acres, more or less.
If you believe you are the owner of this property, a formal offer packet for this land is now on file in the Clerk’s Office in the Morgan County Judicial Center, 180 S. Main St, Martinsville, IN 46151. Please pick up the offer packet. If you do not respond to this notice, or accept the offer by 10/31/2025, we shall file a suit to condemn the land or interest therein.
State of Indiana
Indiana Department of Transportation
Real Estate Division
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Hearing Notice
Jackson Township, Morgan County
5244 S. Haasetown Road, Morgantown, IN 46160
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE TOWNSHIP’S 2026 REVISED BUDGET
Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of Jackson Township, Morgan County, Indiana that the Board of the Jackson Township Trustee will meet on Friday, October 3, 2025 at the Morgantown Fire Department, located at 269 N. Highland Street, Morgantown, IN 46160 at 7:00pm to adopt the revised 2026 Township Budget.
Bill Witt, Trustee
Jackson Township Trustee
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
This is to inform you that the Morgan County Board of Zoning Appeals will hold a public hearing on Monday, October 27, 2025 at 6:30 pm in the Morgan County Administration Building located at 180 S. Main Street, Martinsville, Indiana to consider a petition submitted by Brent Hayden, on behalf of Midwest Specialties, LLC.
Petition D-25-18 is a development standard variance request to reduce the side yard setback to five (5) feet for construction of an additional warehouse. The subject property is located at 278 S. Border Street in Ray Township, Morgan County, Indiana and is more particularly described as follows:
Part of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 18, Township 11 North, Range 1 West, Morgan County, Indiana, described as follows: Beginning at a point twenty (20) feet West of the West boundary of the Town of Paragon and eighteen (18) feet North of the North rail of the Indianapolis and Vincennes Railroad; thence North two (2) chains and seventy (70) links; thence West five (5) chains and twenty-two (22) links; thence South four (4) chains and ninety-eight (98) links to within eighteen (18) feet of the North rail of the Indianapolis and Vincennes Railroad; thence parallel with said railroad five (5) chains and sixty-nine (69) links to the Place of Beginning, containing two (2) acres, more or less.
Interested persons desiring to present their views regarding this request will be provided an opportunity at the above-mentioned time and place. Information regarding this petition can be examined at the Morgan County Planning Department, 180 S. Main Street, Suite 204, Martinsville, Indiana during regular business hours. Please be advised that meetings or petitions may be continued as needed. You are encouraged to contact the Planning Department at 765-342-1060 to make inquiries about the status of a petition.
Morgan County Board of Zoning Appeals
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CITY OF MARTINSVILLE PLAN COMMISSION
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the City of Martinsville Plan Commission at City Hall, 59 South Jefferson Street, Martinsville, Indiana 46151 on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. local time upon the application of zoning map changes for five parcels within the jurisdiction of the City of Martinsville on the properties located at the following: 1209 South Main Street, 1269 South Main Street, and 1190 South Marylin Street.
Being more particularly described as follows, to-wit (parcel numbers):
55-13-04-415-011.000-021 currently zoned B2, request change to R3
55-13-04-454-001.000-021 currently zoned B2, request change to R3
55-13-04-454-003.000-021 currently zoned B2, request change to R3
55-13-04-454-007.000-021 currently zoned R2, request change to R3
55-13-04-415-012.000-021 currently zoned R2, request change to R3
The complete application and file for this application is available for public inspection fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing date, during regular working hours, at the Planning and Building Department, 59 South Jefferson Street, Martinsville, Indiana 46151.
Interested persons appearing in favor of or in opposition to the application will be heard thereon by the Board.
This notice has been prepared by: Rooted Oaks Construction, LLC c/o Daniel Janik
Dated: September 24, 2025
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NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
REGARDING THE DESIGNATION AND EXPANSION OF AN ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA
Notice is hereby given that the County Council (the “Council”) of Morgan County, Indiana (the “County”) will hold a public hearing (the “Public Hearing”) on October 6, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. in the Sadler Room of the Morgan County Government Center, located at 180 South Main Street, Martinsville, Indiana 46151.
On May 27, 2025, the Council adopted resolutions approving (i) an area, generally bounded by Keller Hill Road on the north, Anitoch Road on the east, and State Road 42 on the south, as an economic revitalization area (the “Original Area”), pursuant to IC 6-1.1-12.1 (the “Act”), and (ii) real property tax deductions under IC 6-1.1-12.1-4 for a data center campus to be constructed by Woodland Caribou LLC, for a period of ten years.
On September 9, 2025, the Council, adopted a resolution (the “Resolution”) confirming the designation of the Original Area, as an economic revitalization area, and designating an additional area (the “Additional Area”, and collectively, with the Original Area, the “Area”) as an economic revitalization area. Owners of real and personal property in the Area making application, subsequently approved by the Resolution of the Council, may receive real property tax abatement and/or personal property tax abatement pursuant to applicable procedures of the Act. The Additional Area is generally located on the north and south sides of West Keller Hill Road, west of Antioch Road. The Resolution also confirmed and approved real property tax deductions under IC 6-1.1-12.1-4 for a data center campus to be constructed by Woodland Caribou, LLC in the Area, for a period of ten years and in accordance with the schedule attached to such resolution.
A copy of the Resolution including a more detailed description of the Area to be declared and confirmed as an economic revitalization area is available to the general public and can be inspected in the office of the Morgan County Assessor located in Suite 218 of the Morgan County Government Center, located at 180 South Main Street, Martinsville, Indiana 46151.
At the Public Hearing, the Council will hear all remonstrances and objections from interested parties regarding the Resolution. At the conclusion of the Public Hearing, the Council may take final action determining whether the qualifications for an economic revitalization area have been met, and the Council may confirm, modify and confirm, or rescind the Resolution.
Dated this 2nd day of October, 2025.
COUNTY COUNCIL OF MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
