The Adel City Council voted unanimously at the Monday, Dec. 21, meeting to annex and rezone land on Highway 41 South for a new agriculture chemical manufacturing industry.
Ordinance No. 15-05, annexing property of Williams Investment Company with a zoning classification of HI (Heavy Industrial), was read for the second time. This annexation consists of Tract I containing 10 acres and Tract II containing 2.681 acres. The property adjoins the presently existing corporate limits.
Councilman Jody Greene made a motion to approve the ordinance with Councilman Greg Paige seconding. All were in favor.
The Adel Mayor/Council held a public hearing Monday, Dec. 7, on the request to annex the tracts into the Adel city limits for the new Custom Ag Formulators industry.
The Fresno, Calif.-based Custom Ag Formulators plans to locate the company’s new facility here to reflect its large market share in the Southeast. The industry plans to build a 20,000-squarefoot facility and then possibly expand to 40,000 square feet for future business growth. Custom Ag Formulators will be hiring locally, 16 employees initially.
Also during the Monday, Dec. 21, meeting of Adel Mayor/Council:
Councilman Butch Fausett gave the invocation, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
Electrical rate for large power user
City Manager John Flythe advised the Council that the City has been in negotiations with JM Manufacturing over the past four months and presented what will be a two-part issue.
JM officials have asked that the City place a maximum or a limit on the top side of their rate. With them being about 40 percent of the City’s load, JM can swing the City’s costs either up or down, Flythe said.
The second part is that the City has asked JM to change their operating hours to come off peak in June, to which they have agreed. This in turn will help the City of Adel.
“We are going to hold their price at a cost of 6.3 cents per kilowatt hour,” Flythe said. “In exchange, they have to maintain their load and they think that if we can do this, they will be able to increase their output.”
The agreement is only for one year. “In May, we will come back to the Council and ask for the second part, which is the time-of day rate we are going to install,” Flythe said. “If everything goes as planned, they will save money, the City will save money, and our margin will remain the same at the end of the year.”
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