County Council to Vote on Mergon Expansion in Anderson

Anderson County Council on Tuesday night will vote on second reading a the fee-in-lieu of taxes incentive for the expansion of Mergon Corporation of Anderson. The company promises $4.5 million in new investment and an additional 22 full-time jobs in the county. The company, which already operates in Anderson County and which the county had identified by the code name "Project Windermere," was indentified two weeks agao by the Anderson Observer as the Irish-based business and  advanced plastics manufacturer Mergon, which operates on Pearman Dairy Road. The new agreement includes tax breaks for the business and other infrastructure inducements. The average salary for the new jobs will be $13 per hour. Burris Nelson. director of economic development for Anderson County, said the company’s economic impact for the first year will be $4.3 million, with a 20-year total community impact of $26 million.  Nelson said the international company considered moving the current operation which includes 100 jobs, to Eastern Europe or Mexico before deciding to stay in Anderson.

Council will also look at zoning, the budget and hear a report from the Animal Welfare Ad Hoc Committee as part of the meeting. The CAT bus/Homeland Park bus situation is not on Tuesday's agenda.

Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the historic courthouse downtown.

Full Agenda Here