BROWN COUNTY (WTAQ-WLUK) – As of 3:30 p.m., the two sides trying to broker an agreement to move the downtown Green Bay coal piles were still meeting ahead of a 5 p.m. deadline to get a deal done or risk losing a $15 million state grant for the project.
The Brown County Board of Supervisors has a special meeting set for 7 p.m. in the basement of the Central Library. The meeting was set yesterday, just incase a deal was reached today with C. Reiss, the owner of the coal piles.
The state has said the county board needs to approve the deal no later than June 6, which is Friday.
There has been desire to move the coal piles for decades. They’ve sat just south of the Mason Street Bridge for 125 years.
Studies have shown that land could yield $150 million in new development if the coal piles were moved.
According to tonight’s special meeting agenda, a resolution for an agreement for the former Pulliam Power Plant site would be circulated during a closed session.
The county had said an alternate site near the port terminal C. Reiss’ parent company owns was also being considered for the coal piles, but that doesn’t appear to be the case any longer based on that meeting agenda item.
The $15 million grant in question is nearly half the $33 million the county has accumulated to expand its port operations.
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