{"id":2535,"date":"2023-05-18T11:07:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T15:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=2535"},"modified":"2023-05-18T11:07:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T15:07:41","slug":"decatur-beef-facility-eyes-november-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/18\/decatur-beef-facility-eyes-november-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Decatur beef facility eyes November start"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If all goes as planned, The Country Butcher, a beef processing facility, will be open in Decatur around late November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riggs Florence (left in photo, with Adams County Economic Development Director Colton Bickel), who will manage the family-owned facility situated in the former Dean Foods plant in Industrial Park I, was part of a three-man contingent appearing before Decatur City Council Tuesday night to seek a pair of tax abatements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Council was asked to grant 10-year abatements for both real property and equipment, on behalf of I-O Properties, the umbrella company under which The Country Butcher operates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The resolution was approved and at council’s next meeting, on June 6, a public hearing will be held, after which a resolution confirming the abatements is expected to be granted<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The equipment, valued at approximately $9.63 million, will arrive in \u201croughly September and complete the process\u201d to begin operations, Florence said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked when the operation may start, Florence replied: \u201cLate November, as of today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to information provided the city, the business is expected to create 103 jobs, starting at $20 an hour and reaching over $24 an hour, including benefits. The total average payroll would be $6.6 million a year.
\u201cThis is a major investment in our community, for sure,\u201d Mayor Dan Rickord said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rickord also pointed out that if the tax abatements are granted, \u201cit does not mean they won’t be paying taxes.\u201d The tax breaks are on a sliding scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only in the first year will I-O not be paying taxes; by year 5, it will be paying 50% of its normal tax bill, City Attorney Anne Razo explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later in the meeting, Mary Byer Montgomery told council, \u201cYou don’t have to do this too soon (grant the abatements); you don’t want to lose your leverage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Councilman Wiley Sirk, however, told her, \u201cYou have a good point, but there are codes to handle that (making I-O live up to its promises).\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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