Council approves deal on water plant
NORTH TONAWANDA — City lawmakers unanimously approved an agreement Tuesday with a Pittsburgh- based company allowing it to lease space in the city’s water and wastewater treatment plant on River Road.
By a 5-0 vote, the Common Council agreed to a five-year deal with Calgon Carbon Corp., a company with which it has been negotiating since January.
The agreement is believed to be the first of its kind in the region, according to city officials.
The city will receive annual lease payments of $150,000 and will benefit by saving $100,000 to $150,000 a year on such expenses as utilities, maintenance and carbon regeneration, said Jeffrey N. Mis, administrative assistant to Mayor Lawrence V. Soos.
The city and Calgon have had a business relationship since the mid- 1970s, and each has the option of extending or canceling the agreement.
City officials did not have a copy of the agreement available for public review during or after Tuesday’s meeting in City Hall.
Crews at the treatment plant now spend two months a year regenerating carbon used in purification processes so that it works more efficiently in sanitizing applications. Under the agreement, the city will receive regenerated carbon from Calgon for every pound of used carbon it gives the company.
Calgon will lease a section of the “carbon building” for its retail carbon production business. The company would conduct a 24-hour, seven- day-a-week operation and hire 12 to 15 employees.
It plans to construct a building on the plant site, as well as lease warehouse space in the area.
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