Public commenter alleges missing notarizations and blank signature pages on bond documents

During the public comment period, Mr. Mitchell addressed the Delaware County Board of Commissioners with allegations about recent bond paperwork, saying multiple signature pages were blank and lacked notary acknowledgments. He said he had viewed physical bond documents at the Treasurer's Office and characterized the materials as "bad," asserting that the county had effectively advanced over "$7,000,000" to Jennings Land Development in documents he said could not be liquidated.

Mitchell told the board he had been made to wait at the Treasurer's Office to see the records and stated that the ground lease agreement, administration agreement and project lease acknowledgement pages were blank and missing notary signatures. The board did not offer a substantive response in the public-comment slot; Vice President Gary Merrill interrupted the speaker to move on with the agenda. The county did not record a staff rebuttal or commit to an investigation during the meeting; the matter remains unresolved in this session.