GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Last week local elected officials asked Kimberly-Clark to extend its deadline on a $100 million tax incentives bill.
They’re wanting Kimberly-Clark to postpone the vote until after the November election.
The company gave the State Senate until Sunday, Sept. 30 to vote on the bill which would save Kimberly-Clark’s Cold Spring Facility in Fox Crossing.
Gov. Scott Walker was in Green Bay Sunday for the Packers-Bills game.
He gives Fox 11 asked an update on the Kimberly-Clark deal.
“We’ve been having a lot of talks this last week. We’re still cautiously optimistic we can work something out. Our hopes will be that early on Monday, we’ll be able to get to a point where we can figure out what the next step is. But for all the people working there, for all the families affected, it’s really critically important we find a way to keep this open. The next step for us is to see where we… how we can push this going forward.”
About 500 people work at the Cold Spring facility.
The incentive bill already cleared the Assembly.
