July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Ethanol plant still possible for county (03/14/06)
Dunkirk City Council
By By ROBERT BANSER-
DUNKIRK — Discussions are continuing regarding the possible location of an ethanol plant in the Dunkirk or Redkey area, a Jay County Development Corporation official told city council members here Monday night.
JCDC director Robert Quadrozzi said three different companies are still considering such a project and periodically asking him for information, which he considers to be a good sign.
“I’ve got a good feeling we’ll put an ethanol plant in this area,” Quadrozzi said.
The project is “still alive,” Quadrozzi said, adding that he was not able to give council members any sort of timetable at the present time. In December there was an indication that something would be announced by the end of January.
Quadrozzi said the companies are still studying their options and asking questions of local officials.
Dunkirk councilman James Doughty asked Quadrozzi if there was anything that city council members could do to help him out.
“The biggest thing is to remain positive about it (the proposal for an ethanol project),” Quadrozzi said.
So far Cardinal Ethanol of Winchester and The Andersons, which operates a grain terminal just outside of Dunkirk, have both expressed interest in investigating the possibility of locating a large ethanol plant in this area. Also Quadrozzi said last week that a third company with facilities in South Dakota and Minnesota has also expressed an interest in locating an ethanol plant in this area.
Ethanol is a 200-proof alcohol produced from grain. It is blended with gasoline, normally in combinations of 90 percent gas/10 percent ethanol or 85/15 percent.
All three companies are studying their options and reviewing information relating to the selection of a site in this area, Quadrozzi told council members Monday evening.
He said no commitments have been made.
In other business Monday night Quadrozzi reported that the city’s tax abatement advisory committee was in agreement that Saint-Gobain Containers Corp. and S.D.P. Manufacturing Inc. were in compliance with their previously granted abatements.
Council members consequently voted to approve the companies’ annual compliance reports.
Also the advisory committee recommended and council approved a new abatement request for the purchase of additional manufacturing equipment by S.D.P. Quadrozzi said this would be a five-year tax abatement on machinery valued at $196,000.
In other business Monday night council members:
•Noted that the next Dunkirk Improvement Committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m. in city hall.
•Heard Mayor Sam Hubbard thank Dunkirk Improvement Committee members Mike Shannon, Dru Hall and Tony Franklin for their efforts in erecting a new sign, directing attention to the city, near the intersection of Ind. 167 and Ind. 67 on the edge of Albany.
Hubbard also thanked E & T Tree Service of Dunkirk for taking down a loose cornice piece on the roof of the former Stewart Bros. Furniture Store building.
•Approved a $147 sewer bill adjustment for Tina Johnson, 648 N. Hickory St., who had a serious water leak on her property. She still owes a water bill in excess of $200, city officials estimated.
•Sanctioned the appointment of Pam Brown as chairperson of this year’s Glass Days Festival in the community. Council members also authorized the festival committee to have control over all booth and carnival activities along Main Street in the downtown area and for one block east and west of Main Street on Washington and Commerce streets.
•Agreed to keep Dunkirk City Pool prices at last year’s rate of $40 for a season pass for an individual; $75 for a season pass for a family; $10 for a seven-day pass; $2 for daily admission for an individual and $1 daily admission for children under four years of age.
•Authorized Dunkirk Police Chief Arnold Clevenger to increase the number of reserve police officers on the force from four to six.[[In-content Ad]]
JCDC director Robert Quadrozzi said three different companies are still considering such a project and periodically asking him for information, which he considers to be a good sign.
“I’ve got a good feeling we’ll put an ethanol plant in this area,” Quadrozzi said.
The project is “still alive,” Quadrozzi said, adding that he was not able to give council members any sort of timetable at the present time. In December there was an indication that something would be announced by the end of January.
Quadrozzi said the companies are still studying their options and asking questions of local officials.
Dunkirk councilman James Doughty asked Quadrozzi if there was anything that city council members could do to help him out.
“The biggest thing is to remain positive about it (the proposal for an ethanol project),” Quadrozzi said.
So far Cardinal Ethanol of Winchester and The Andersons, which operates a grain terminal just outside of Dunkirk, have both expressed interest in investigating the possibility of locating a large ethanol plant in this area. Also Quadrozzi said last week that a third company with facilities in South Dakota and Minnesota has also expressed an interest in locating an ethanol plant in this area.
Ethanol is a 200-proof alcohol produced from grain. It is blended with gasoline, normally in combinations of 90 percent gas/10 percent ethanol or 85/15 percent.
All three companies are studying their options and reviewing information relating to the selection of a site in this area, Quadrozzi told council members Monday evening.
He said no commitments have been made.
In other business Monday night Quadrozzi reported that the city’s tax abatement advisory committee was in agreement that Saint-Gobain Containers Corp. and S.D.P. Manufacturing Inc. were in compliance with their previously granted abatements.
Council members consequently voted to approve the companies’ annual compliance reports.
Also the advisory committee recommended and council approved a new abatement request for the purchase of additional manufacturing equipment by S.D.P. Quadrozzi said this would be a five-year tax abatement on machinery valued at $196,000.
In other business Monday night council members:
•Noted that the next Dunkirk Improvement Committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m. in city hall.
•Heard Mayor Sam Hubbard thank Dunkirk Improvement Committee members Mike Shannon, Dru Hall and Tony Franklin for their efforts in erecting a new sign, directing attention to the city, near the intersection of Ind. 167 and Ind. 67 on the edge of Albany.
Hubbard also thanked E & T Tree Service of Dunkirk for taking down a loose cornice piece on the roof of the former Stewart Bros. Furniture Store building.
•Approved a $147 sewer bill adjustment for Tina Johnson, 648 N. Hickory St., who had a serious water leak on her property. She still owes a water bill in excess of $200, city officials estimated.
•Sanctioned the appointment of Pam Brown as chairperson of this year’s Glass Days Festival in the community. Council members also authorized the festival committee to have control over all booth and carnival activities along Main Street in the downtown area and for one block east and west of Main Street on Washington and Commerce streets.
•Agreed to keep Dunkirk City Pool prices at last year’s rate of $40 for a season pass for an individual; $75 for a season pass for a family; $10 for a seven-day pass; $2 for daily admission for an individual and $1 daily admission for children under four years of age.
•Authorized Dunkirk Police Chief Arnold Clevenger to increase the number of reserve police officers on the force from four to six.[[In-content Ad]]
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