November 9, 2004 - 8:00 AM - County Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes (Special)
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10 829 Meeting of the Johnston County Board of Commissioners November 9 , 2004 Special Meeting and Public Hearing - 8 00 am The Johnston County Board of Commissioners met in special session Tuesday , November 9 , 2004 , at 8 00 am in the Commissioners ’ Meeting Room , Johnston County Courthouse Annex , Smithfield , North Carolina The following members were present Present James H Langdon , Jr , Chairman , Cookie Pope , Vice Chairman , Thomas M Moore , Allen L Mims , Jr , Wade M Stewart , Jeffrey P Carver and W Ray Woodall Absent None Also Present Rick J Hester , County Manager , Joyce H Ennis , Clerk to the Board , J Mark Payne , County Attorney , Della H Knight , Deputy Clerk , and April N Byrd , Assistant to Clerk Public Hearing - Proposal for Economic Incentives to Novo Nordisk Inc Advertised 10 29 ; 11 05 in The Smithfield Herald The Chairman called the meeting to order and opened the public hearing on a proposal for the County to provide certain economic incentives to Novo Nordisk , Inc pursuant to NCGS 158 - 71 Michael de Sherbinin , Economic Development Director , recognized Linwood Parker , chairman of the Johnston County Economic Development Advisory Committee , and John Pratt , general manager and vice president of operations at Novo Nordisk , Inc Mr de Sherbinin reviewed with the Board the proposed incentive package that would provide up to 53 million to Novo Nordisk to pay for , or reimburse the company for costs associated with a 113,000,000 expansion at their existing facility on Powhatan Road in Clayton The General Fund payments would be made over a seven year period , beginning in 2006 , and would correlate with the company’s actual expansion during that same period of time and the corresponding County taxes being paid by the company The payments would be reimbursement for such costs as architectural and engineering design , project related legal fees , permit costs , site grading expenses , utility extensions and upgrades and associated fees , installation of building pad , costs of equipment , worker training expenses , sales tax , pretreatment and environmental compliance matters In addition to the County’s incentive , Novo Nordisk has been awarded grant funds from the State for this project Mr de Sherbinin stated that subject to the Commissioners ’ approval , the County , the State and the Company will partner in this opportunity that will bring increased tax base and additional jobs to the County There being no further comments , the Chairman closed the public hearing County Approves Incentive Package to Novo Nordisk Upon a motion by Commissioner W Ray Woodall , seconded by Commissioner Cookie Pope and carried by unanimous vote , the Board approved an incentive package as presented above for up to 53 million over a seven year period that would be subject to the company’s proposed expansion project being carried out as planned with subsequent County tax revenue from the company There being no further business , Commissioner Cookie Pope moved the Board adjourn Commissioner W Ray Woodall seconded the motion , which carried by unanimous vote ___________________________________ James H Langdon , Jr , Chairman ______________________________ Joyce H Ennis , Clerk to the BoardPage