Metropolitan Plan Commission

• Application for Rezoning and Instructions
• Subdivision Process
  

  Metropolitan Plan Commission (MPC) Members

  2025

  
  

  Voting Members
  MPC Board Members	Name	Appointed by	Term Ending
  President	Chris Smith	Mayor	12/31/2026
  Vice-President	Nate Carroll	Mayor	12/31/2026
  City Council Representative	Jerry Dishman	City Council	12/31/2025
  Dual Member MPC & BZA	Richard Ivy	Mayor	12/31/2025
  Farm Representative	Jesse Landess	County Commissioners	12/31/2025
  Citizen Member	Owen LaChat	Mayor	12/31/2025
  Commissioner Representative	Stephen Brand	County Commissioners	12/31/2025
  Citizen Member	Rickie Sipe	County Commissioners	12/31/2027
  Farm Representative	Teresa Hensley	County Commissioners	12/31/2028
  Non-Voting Advisory Members
  Name		Position
  Tom Borchers		Delaware County Surveyor
  Justin Curley		Purdue Extension
  Adam Leach		City Engineer

• 9 voting members, 3 advisory members
  
  • 4 Mayor appointments (no more than 2 of the same political party), and one must represent school corporation
  • 3 County Commissioner appointments (no more than 2 of the same political party), and one must be actively engaged in farming
  • City Council and County Commissioner Representatives can be reappointed annually
• Non-Voting Advisory Members:
  • Virtue of position: County Surveyor (Elective), County Agricultural Extension Agent (appointed Purdue University), City Engineer (appointed by Mayor)
• Meets monthly on the first Thursday of the month
• Citizen member terms are 3 years
• Qualifications:
  • Citizen Members shall be qualified by knowledge and experience in matters pertaining to the development of the City and County and shall hold no other office in the City or County government.
  • All members appointed by the Mayor shall be residents of the City; members appointed by the County Commissioners shall reside in the unincorporated territory of Delaware County.

2026 Schedule for Rezonings/Subdivisions/Misc

*APPLICANT OR A REPRESENTATIVE MUST ATTEND MEETING*