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Baldwin City council asks staff to probe privately owned parcel as alternative to motel-lot substation
Summary
After months of work on a planned electrical substation at the city-owned motel lot on Highway 56, council members agreed to have staff contact a nearby private landowner to determine willingness to sell and price; the transformer has been ordered and a pad is needed within a year.
Speaker 5 presented the council with an update on a planned electrical substation sited on the city-owned motel property on Highway 56, saying the transformer was ordered in February and has a one-year lead time and that drawings are being sent to Midstates for approval.
Why it matters: the council must decide whether to use the city-owned motel lot — which staff said has been cleared of trees and stumps — or pursue a newly available privately owned parcel that council members say could reduce the…
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