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Developer asks to buy small city parcel to improve truck access; council tells manager to negotiate
Summary
Cooper Steel requested to purchase a small tract adjacent to the senior center to create truck access and link land they already own; Cooper told staff the assessor lists market value at $27,800 and said the expansion would create about 122 jobs. Council directed the city manager to proceed and report back.
A representative for Cooper Steel has asked the City of Shelbyville to sell a small parcel that adjoins the senior citizen center so the company can improve truck access to an industrial block, city staff told the council during the Sept. 3 study session.
City Manager Scott Collins said Cooper Steel has bought other parcels nearby and wants the parcel to provide a turning radius and an entrance/exit for trucks.…
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