(Brown County, Wis.) – The Brown County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution authorizing a Site Agreement for C. Reiss Company to move its salt operations to the former Pulliam Power Plant site at a special meeting Thursday.
Following months of negotiations, Brown County, the City of Green Bay, and C. Reiss Company agreed to general terms that will allow C. Reiss to move its coal operations out of its Mason Street location, to the Fox River Terminals site (owned by C. Reiss’ parent company), while its salt operations will go north to a portion of the County-owned site at the mouth of the Fox River. No coal will be stored at the former Pulliam Power Plant site.
“I’m really pleased that this historic opportunity was seized by reaching an agreement under a complex set of circumstances,” says Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach. “This will have the utmost positive economic impact on Brown County and Northeast Wisconsin by expanding the Port of Green Bay and enabling the City of Green Bay to redevelop its downtown by transforming prime riverfront property.”
“I want to thank everyone who’s been involved in this process, including C. Reiss, the City of Green Bay, Wisconsin Department of Administration, our state Legislative delegation, Brown County administration, and the supervisors who unanimously supported this agreement,” says Brown County Board of Supervisors Chairman Patrick Buckley. “From housing and riverfront development to business and economic impacts, this agreement will be felt in this community for generations.”
C. Reiss has agreed to lease 16 useable acres, and up to a maximum of 1.5 additional acres for a stormwater pond at the 37.5-acre Pulliam site, with lease payments and escalators starting at $350,000 per year, for 60 years. Under this deal, a formal lease must be fully executed prior to September 15, 2025, or the parties may engage in binding arbitration to resolve any lease issues. This project is anticipated to take several years.
Meantime, the City of Green Bay, and C. Reiss will work on a separate agreement to redevelop 10 acres of the company’s Mason Street coal operation into a mixed-use development previously estimated to have $150 million in economic impact. The remaining 25 acres of the Mason Street property will be for light industrial use under the proposal.
