State extends deadline to reach deal to relocate coal piles in Green Bay
Jeff Flynt, Brown County Deputy Executive, announced Friday night that the state of Wisconsin has granted an extension of its previous May 30 deadline to use a $15 million state grant "due to the progress we are making in negotiations." The deadline is now 5 p.m. June 3.
The sides are trying to reach an agreement on leasing a portion of the former Pulliam Plant site to house the coal piles.
On May 23, state Sen. Eric Wimberger, R-Oconto, asked the state Department of Administration to extend its deadline for the grant to give Green Bay, Brown County and C. Reiss Co. more time to finalize a deal for "such a massive development," he said in the letter.
"Revoking the grant will seriously jeopardize a once-in-a-generation opportunity to bolster northeast Wisconsin's role in our state's supply chain and the global economy following the Covid pandemic," Wimberger said.
The state Department of Administration notified city, county and company officials in late April that the Neighborhood Investment Grant would disappear if the officials couldn't agree to a deal by the end of May.
The grant is a key source of funding to turn the former Pulliam power plant site at the mouth of the Fox River into a port site for the coal storage.
Kevin Dittman contributed to this report.
Contact Benita Mathew at bmathew@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Brown County, Green Bay and C. Reiss discuss coal piles relocation
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