Earlier this month, 21 News reported on JobOhio's secretive decision making process when awarding money that used to be part of the state budget. That includes instances such as the West Warren industrial park in which people affiliated with the group received money for their own projects. Now, the state's controlling board is being asked to extend that arrangement into the year 2053.

Members of the Ohio Controlling Board are asking for answers from JobsOhio, especially after conversations about lack of transparency with the public.

"Now that that they have been around for over 10 years, let's look back and open up the books and show us and prove to us the ethicacy of your organization and that we should continue to have that," said Bride Rose Sweeney, Ohio Controlling Board member and State Representative.

JobsOhio is funded with liquor profits, money that was a part of the state budget before JobsOhio took over in 2011. That deal is set to run through 2038, meaning an extension is being requested 14 years before they stop receiving the liquor profits from the state. An extension would give the nonprofit a hold on liquor profits until 2053.

Sweeney says her problem isn't with the work JobsOhio has done for the state, but instead how the extension, which she estimated could cost around $10 billion, came about.

"There was an amendment added that I would say that most lawmakers were aware of, that was inserted, likely in the middle of the night, into a 6000 page bill that are dealing with school funding, our jails, major major issues," said Sweeney.

HB 33 does not require the extension, it only allows for one if it's requested. The bill states:

The state, at any time and upon agreement with JobsOhio, may extend the original transfer agreement of the enterprise acquisition project for an additional fifteen years from the end of the original term by entering into a new agreement in accordance with this chapter. For this extension to take effect, the extension shall be approved by the controlling board.

"Should we be making a decision for 15 years, which is likely going to be a 10 billion dollar of what could be a state asset, giving that away with no hearings, no public input," said Sweeney.

Representative Tom Patton, who is also on the board, said he's anxious to sit down and meet with JobsOhio to get more information from the nonprofit.

21 news reached out to JobsOhio to ask why an extension was necessary so early, but they did not give a direct answer. Rather, they issued a statement saying "several business organizations" wanted it. Matt Englehart, JobsOhio Press Secretary, said for every dollar JobsOhio spends, the state gets 17 in tax revenue.

However, since investments are made in private, there's no way to know if those investments would have happened even without the JobsOhio money.