The Wapakoneta City Council will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. today regarding the zoning of property for the Pratt Industries facility, and at 6:15 p.m. to bring to the floor, read and adopt as an emergency an ordinance regarding zoning of city property. Both meetings will be held in Council Chambers at City Hall.
These are the only matters that can be discussed during the special meetings.
The land is approximately 142 acres in Pusheta Township located south of Short Road and includes the rail spur that was constructed as part of the Jobs Ready Site development. Since the spur comes off the CSX main, crosses 25A and ends in a field, it has become known as “the spur to nowhere.” It will soon have a destination. Pratt Industries intends to build a paper recycling and manufacturing plant on the site.
A string of meetings beginning in late November laid the groundwork for the City of Wapakoneta to acquire the land, and have it zoned. Council was required to...
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