The Herkimer Town Board will discuss a request Wednesday that could bring a Utica company to a vacant building on the Herkimer Distribution LLC site off of Gros Boulevard.
ELG Utica Alloys is asking to subdivide a portion of the 53.6-acre site to separate its business from the overall Herkimer Distribution tax assessment.
The current assessment for the parcel is $4,635,000, according to Mary Ann Barbuto, director of the county Real Properties Tax Service. A total of $772,500 of that assessment is attributed to the land and the remainder represents the building, she said.
The town board will discuss the request at a meeting at 7 p.m., and a public hearing will be set for a later date to allow for input on the matter.
Utica Alloys, which specializes in recycling high value scrap metals, is interested in buying close to 8.5 acres on the site and a one of three buildings.
The company wants to buy the 165,000 square foot building and operate a plant that processes nickel, according to Fred Schweizer, vice president of operations for ELG Utica Alloys.
Between 50 to 100 jobs would be relocated from Utica to Herkimer, Schweizer said. No new hires would be involved initially, but there is a possibility of more jobs in the future, he added.
A similar operation for Utica Alloys is currently located in the Frankfort 5S North Business Park, across from the county fairgrounds in the town of Frankfort. That plant processes titanium.
The process does involve techniques that produce air pollutants, but Schweizer said the company uses equipment approved by the state Department of Environmental Conservation to eliminate the emission of pollutants.
The truck traffic for bringing in the materials and shipping out recycled products will not be significant, according to Schweizer. He estimated close to five heavy trucks per day.
If the subdivision requests is approved, Schweizer said the negotiations for the purchase of the site in Herkimer will proceed.
The company, if the sale goes through, would be interested in any attempts to get sewer service to the site, Schweizer said. Any water used through Utica Alloys’ process is recycled and does not need treatment, he added.
No municipal sewer service reaches the section of town where Herkimer Distribution is located, but town officials have discussed forming a sewer district in the past that would include the site.
If the site becomes operational, the company would be “very open” and “support” any effort to bring sewer service to the area, Schweizer said.
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The Herkimer Town Board will discuss a request Wednesday that could bring a Utica company to a vacant building on the Herkimer Distribution LLC site off of Gros Boulevard.
ELG Utica Alloys is asking to subdivide a portion of the 53.6-acre site to separate its business from the overall Herkimer Distribution tax assessment.
The current assessment for the parcel is $4,635,000, according to Mary Ann Barbuto, director of the county Real Properties Tax Service. A total of $772,500 of that assessment is attributed to the land and the remainder represents the building, she said.
The town board will discuss the request at a meeting at 7 p.m., and a public hearing will be set for a later date to allow for input on the matter.
Utica Alloys, which specializes in recycling high value scrap metals, is interested in buying close to 8.5 acres on the site and a one of three buildings.
The company wants to buy the 165,000 square foot building and operate a plant that processes nickel, according to Fred Schweizer, vice president of operations for ELG Utica Alloys.
Between 50 to 100 jobs would be relocated from Utica to Herkimer, Schweizer said. No new hires would be involved initially, but there is a possibility of more jobs in the future, he added.
A similar operation for Utica Alloys is currently located in the Frankfort 5S North Business Park, across from the county fairgrounds in the town of Frankfort. That plant processes titanium.
The process does involve techniques that produce air pollutants, but Schweizer said the company uses equipment approved by the state Department of Environmental Conservation to eliminate the emission of pollutants.
The truck traffic for bringing in the materials and shipping out recycled products will not be significant, according to Schweizer. He estimated close to five heavy trucks per day.
If the subdivision requests is approved, Schweizer said the negotiations for the purchase of the site in Herkimer will proceed.
The company, if the sale goes through, would be interested in any attempts to get sewer service to the site, Schweizer said. Any water used through Utica Alloys’ process is recycled and does not need treatment, he added.
No municipal sewer service reaches the section of town where Herkimer Distribution is located, but town officials have discussed forming a sewer district in the past that would include the site.
If the site becomes operational, the company would be “very open” and “support” any effort to bring sewer service to the area, Schweizer said.
