Commission authorizes preliminary steps on potential West Harrison land deal and to publish land disposition

After briefly meeting in executive session, the Dearborn County community commission voted unanimously to authorize staff and the board to pursue preliminary steps related to a potential real-estate matter and to publish a land disposition notice for property in West Harrison.

An unidentified member moved the measure and it was seconded. The mover asked that any required approvals or final decisions be returned to the commission in a public meeting and handled in accordance with applicable law. The chair called for the vote and the motion passed unanimously.

The chair had read aloud the executive-session certification earlier, saying the session covered subjects permitted under Indiana law, including strategy with respect to real-property transactions and communications protected by attorney-client privilege. The commission said it could not disclose executive-session deliberations but noted, without discussing details, that commercial solar and data centers had been among the topics covered during the closed session.

The action taken is explicitly limited to preliminary steps; the motion required that any final approvals be brought back to the commission in public. No dates or contract terms for the potential transaction were disclosed at the meeting.

The commission also announced there would be a voluntary Title VI public-involvement survey available for the meeting as part of its civil-rights compliance process.