Lafayette annexes property on east side

The property is roughly between IU Health Arnett and Meijer and includes a portion of Interstate 65.

City Councilman Ron Campbell said it won't cost the city anything extra to provide services to the area like police or fire. But it is estimated to bring in approximately $181,000 in property taxes into the city annually.

Economic development officials said no one is living on the parcels now. Within a few weeks, a development of both apartments and duplexes will open up.

Campbell said the developers were the motivating factor behind this voluntary annexation.

"This was an annexation that the people, the owners of that particular property wanted," said Campbell. "We're going to (provide) police, fire department. We're running sewers, water out there. That's their motivation. And ours is to satisfy them."

The specific borders of the property are Veterans Memorial Parkway or County Road 500 on the west, County Road 550 on the east, McCarty Lane or County Road 100 South to the south, and the property line of the Brookfield development to the north.

The vote by the City Council was unanimous. No citizens spoke up during the public hearing.

Campbell said this is the 4th annexation since 2005.

Next year, a study may be undertaken to look at another annexation on the east side that's also near Creasy Lane and Veteran's Memorial Parkway.

Although Mondays vote was a completely voluntary annex, the next one may not be.

Campbell said any annexation would be at least a year away.