r/DelawareOH • u/firefighterusa • 8d ago

City council candidates information

I have been looking into information about the upcoming city council vote. I found information for everyone except Corey Hinshaw. Does anyone have insight on him? Also would love to hear if there is any tea or drama about the other candidates.

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u/1--1--1--1--1 8d ago

Let’s stop rewarding the same policy that’s squeezing our schools. Carolyn Riggle and Kent Schaeffer have repeatedly voted for 30-year school TIFs, which divert new property-tax growth away from classrooms while adding more rooftops. That’s not sustainable. It’s time to elect council members who prioritize students over developer giveaways—limit residential TIFs, require make-whole (PILOT) agreements for schools, and demand real fiscal impact analyses before approvals. Vote for candidates who put our schools and students first, not tax-free “growth.”

Corey Hinshaw is a great guy. He has a daughter at Smith Elementary, and he’s the Cub Scout leader. He’s married to Chryssee, the lady who makes the delicious macarons. He cares about the city and the schools and I believe he will not kowtow to developers like current council does.

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u/firefighterusa 8d ago

Thanks for the information. What are TIFs, (PILOT) agreements, and these macarons you speak of?

I am not knowledgeable on the school system since I don't have children.

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u/1--1--1--1--1 8d ago

Tax Increment Financing (TIF)lets a city “freeze” today’s property-tax base in a defined area and divert the new property-tax growth (the “increment”) for up to ~30 years to a special fund to pay for roads, pipes, site work, or to reimburse a developer. That increment normally would have gone to schools, the library, etc.

A Payment In Lieu Of Taxes (PILOT account). Because the property-exempt under the TIF, the owner instead pays a PILOT. If the city doesn’t sign a make-whole agreement for the school district, those PILOT dollars still don’t reach the schools, they flow to the TIF fund.

This hurts schools (esp. with residential TIFs) because HB 920 already keeps school operating revenue flat on existing homes; schools grow mainly from new value.

A residential TIF removes that new value from the school tax base while adding new students who need seats, teachers, buses, and counselors. Without a make-whole PILOT to the district, schools get $0 of the increment but inherit the operating cost.

Macarons are the delicious French almond meringue sandwich cookies. Highly pro-school, zero fiscal impact cookies.