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Spartan seeks $20 million expansion; council directs staff to review sales-tax rebate request
Summary
Spartan’s Brandon facility told the council it plans roughly $20 million in expansion, a large paint booth and hiring about 50 employees; council instructed staff and the city attorney to review the company’s sales-tax rebate application and draft an agreement for future consideration.
Chad Kiniggy, general manager of Spartan in Brandon, told the council the company has approval to pursue roughly a $20 million expansion that will roughly double its footprint and add paint booths and sanding stations to improve environmental controls.
“We're looking to do a $20,000,000 expansion,” Kiniggy said, describing additions that include a building roughly 360 by 130 feet and multiple paint booths. He said Spartan expects to hire roughly 50 additional employees and expand from roughly 88,000 square feet today to about 150,000 square feet.
Council members asked for details about current staff and local hires. Kiniggy said the facility employs about 213 people (about 185 on-site), with roughly 147 production workers; he estimated current local residency among staff at about 25% and predicted that 10–20% of the new hires could come from Brandon.
Council members and staff discussed prior local rebate practice—typically limited to equipment for sales-tax rebates—and existing property-tax rebate schedules used in the city’s discretionary programs. A council member recommended, and the council agreed, to direct city staff and the city attorney to review Spartan’s state application and determine which parts of the expansion are eligible for local sales-tax rebate treatment and to prepare a draft sales-tax agreement for council consideration (anticipated for a meeting in early August).
No formal rebate agreement was approved at the meeting; the council’s direction was to have staff return with a recommendation and draft agreement.
