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Clean Harbors seeks village parcels to expand Safety-Kleen site; company pledges investment and jobs
Summary
Representatives from Clean Harbors/Safety-Kleen described a proposal to acquire roughly 3.7 acres of village and park-district land near 130th Street to expand truck parking and loading capacity at the Dalton facility; they said expansion would reduce off-site truck queuing and that an appraisal is underway.
Clean Harbors, the parent company of Safety-Kleen, presented a plan Aug. 4 to acquire village and park-district parcels on the west side of its Dalton property and to reconfigure facility access to move truck activity off public streets.
Scott Hargadon, outside counsel, introduced the presentation. Scott Amico, Clean Harbors regional vice president, described the site as a recycling and waste-management facility with more than 100 local employees on three shifts. Amico said the company spent more than $3 million on the site in the past year and wants to invest further to reduce truck congestion on public rights of way.
Attorneys and company representatives asked the board to consider conveying roughly 3.7 acres made up of an unused Center Avenue right-of-way (about 1.82 acres), certain village-owned lots north of 130th Place (less than one acre combined), and adjacent park-district parcels (about 1.32 acres). They said the additional land would allow additional truck parking and loading docks within the plant footprint.
Clean Harbors representatives said the parcels would need to be rezoned to match plant uses and that the park district would require court approval for the sale under state law if parcels exceed 2 acres (the firm noted the park-district portion discussed is under that threshold). The company retained an appraisal team at Kone Resnick; the appraisal report was expected to be finalized within days of the presentation.
Mayor and trustees thanked the company for bringing an investment plan and asked staff and counsel to continue negotiations. No formal land sale or rezoning action was taken; the board directed administration to continue meetings with Clean Harbors, the park district and counsel and to post the firm's appraisal and proposal materials when available.
Company representatives said, if local approvals and rezoning proceed, they hope to implement parts of the plan during calendar year 2025.
