New Mirror
Company
Termed A
'Good
Possibility'
BY DOUG Rl ITER
A representative of a Michigan
based mirror assembly firm told
Shallotte officials Tuesday there's a
"good possibility" the company will
move into a Smith Avenue plant that
was vacated last December.
However, Jere Comeford did not
indicate whether the Mirrorlite com
pany of Rockwood, Mich., would
request annexation into town if it
moves into the former Pelican
Manufacturing Co. building.
Comeford, a Shell Point resident
and friend of Mirrorlite owner Bill
Schmidt, met with town aldermen
for about 30 minutes Tuesday to dis
cuss fees the company would be re
quired to pay for town sewer ser
vice.
Also attending was Tom Monks,
director of the Brunswick County
Economic Development Commis
sion, who has been working with
Mirrorlite for several months in an
effort to fill the vacant plant.
"We would like very much to
have the operation in Shallotte. We
sure do need it," Alderman Carson
Durham told Comeford.
If Mirrorlite buys the plant and is
annexed into Shallotte, the company
would be required to pay $17,275 in
acreage and capital reserve fees plus
as much as $3,500 more for sewer
installation.
The total includes $7,500 in
acreage fees and $9,775 in capital
reserve fees, and those fees would
be doubled to $34,550 if the six-acre
tract of land remains outside the
town limits.
Mayor Sarah Tripp asked if
Mirrorlite plans to locate at the
Smith Avenue plant, regardless of
w hether the property is annexed.
"There's a good possibility,"
Comeford replied. "That could al
ways change. We like that location.
We like that building."
Mayor Tripp said later, "We pray
that you do come into town. We
need the jobs. We really do."
If Mirrorlite, which assembles
school bus mirrors, comes to Shal
lotte, Comeford said the plant woulu
hire approximately 25 people initial
ly and have between 100 and 150
people on the payroll within a year.
He also said company officials
have proposed doubling the size of
the building to 46,000 square feet
within a year of opening the opera
tion.
During Tuesday's meeting, town
officials assured Comeford that the
town's existing sewer plant has
enough remaining capacity to han
dle wastewater that would be gener
ated at the plant.
Comeford said the assembly oper
ation would not generate any indus
trial waste, and town officials said
they don't expect Mirrorlite to have
a major impact on the sewer system.
Asked about the capital reserve
fee. Alderman Bill Allen said the
town was recently able to hire an en
gineer to design expansion of the
sewer system because it has been
collecting the fees for several years.
"Right now we're able to look at
expansion because we had this capi
tal reserve in place," Allen said.
Public Works Director Albert
Hughes said he doesn't believe any
sewer line extensions would be
needed to serve the plant, which had
been using a septic system.
If a sewer line extension is need
ed, Monks indicated that his agency
could apply for a grant on behalf of
the town to cover the cost.
Shallotte officials said the town
would pay for the line extension if
grant money cannot be obtained.
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