April 21, 2020 at 5:20 p.m.
Site is ready to be checked
Portland City Council
Site is ready to be checked
The former site of Sheller-Globe south is one step closer to being ready for a potential sale.
Portland Mayor John Boggs told Portland City Council during its virtual meeting Monday that the building at 510 S. Bridge St. has been surveyed and is ready for a chemical inspection. Those results could allow it to be sold to John Goodhew of Goodhew’s Roofing and Metals.
Council also approved a five-year tax abatement for Priority Plastics.
Following a drawn-out process that involved two rounds of bids, Goodhew was selected to purchase the Sheller-Globe south building at a cost of $52,500 in June 2019.
Before it can be sold, however, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management requires it to be surveyed for potential harmful chemical residue.
That assessment was supposed to happen last year but it did not, Boggs said at a council meeting earlier this year.
Portland paid for a $5,200 exterior assessment of the property, which will allow for it to move forward with a chemical inspection. Boggs said IDEM will be paying for the chemical inspection, which could cost up to $60,000 if harmful substances are found.
The abatement, which was approved by the city’s abatement advisory committee, is on a total of $4.7 million in plastic container manufacturing and other equipment that Priority Plastics plans to install. The abatement will result in $168,613 in savings for the company.
Travis Richards, executive director of Jay County Development Corporation, told the council the new equipment will lead to the creation of four new jobs.
“It’s certainly a company that brings a lot of value to the community,” Richards said.
Council members Michele Brewster, Matt Goldsworthy, Janet Powers, Dave Golden, Mike Aker, absent Don Gillespie and Kent McClung, voted in favor of the abatement.
Boggs also reminded council that its $266,400 payment toward Portland Municipal Airport’s runway extension will be reimbursed in full by the Federal Aviation Administration later this year. The runway project qualified for 100% reimbursement by the FAA earlier this month as a result of coronavirus relief stimulus package passed by congress last month.
Boggs urged everybody to continue practice social distancing and wear masks when out in public.
Portland Mayor John Boggs told Portland City Council during its virtual meeting Monday that the building at 510 S. Bridge St. has been surveyed and is ready for a chemical inspection. Those results could allow it to be sold to John Goodhew of Goodhew’s Roofing and Metals.
Council also approved a five-year tax abatement for Priority Plastics.
Following a drawn-out process that involved two rounds of bids, Goodhew was selected to purchase the Sheller-Globe south building at a cost of $52,500 in June 2019.
Before it can be sold, however, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management requires it to be surveyed for potential harmful chemical residue.
That assessment was supposed to happen last year but it did not, Boggs said at a council meeting earlier this year.
Portland paid for a $5,200 exterior assessment of the property, which will allow for it to move forward with a chemical inspection. Boggs said IDEM will be paying for the chemical inspection, which could cost up to $60,000 if harmful substances are found.
The abatement, which was approved by the city’s abatement advisory committee, is on a total of $4.7 million in plastic container manufacturing and other equipment that Priority Plastics plans to install. The abatement will result in $168,613 in savings for the company.
Travis Richards, executive director of Jay County Development Corporation, told the council the new equipment will lead to the creation of four new jobs.
“It’s certainly a company that brings a lot of value to the community,” Richards said.
Council members Michele Brewster, Matt Goldsworthy, Janet Powers, Dave Golden, Mike Aker, absent Don Gillespie and Kent McClung, voted in favor of the abatement.
Boggs also reminded council that its $266,400 payment toward Portland Municipal Airport’s runway extension will be reimbursed in full by the Federal Aviation Administration later this year. The runway project qualified for 100% reimbursement by the FAA earlier this month as a result of coronavirus relief stimulus package passed by congress last month.
Boggs urged everybody to continue practice social distancing and wear masks when out in public.
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