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Prospective steel manufacturer seeks tariff relief; county says it can only facilitate talks
Summary
County staff updated the board on confidential discussions with a company considering a major advanced-manufacturing investment in Columbia County. The company is asking federal trade authorities for tariff relief on specialized equipment; the county said it arranged introductions to federal offices but cannot grant or waive tariffs itself.
County staff gave a high-level update on ongoing, confidentiality-limited talks with a prospective advanced-manufacturing firm that described a two-phase project potentially beginning with a roughly $200 million capital investment and about 200 jobs, with average wages projected in the $45'$48-per-hour range.
Jennifer, identified in the meeting as a county staff member working on economic development, told commissioners she and others had met with the company and that the firm's primary request concerned tariffs on specialty machinery not currently…
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