EMMIE BOESE
Hutch Post
HAVEN, Kan. —The Haven City Council hosted a public hearing on Monday night on the potential expansion of Haven Steel Products Inc. and the use of industrial revenue bonds for the project.
The council heard from several people in attendance on the project including Vice President Tom O’Brien of Haven Steel, Lauren Storm of Greater Hutch and bond attorney Dominic L. Eck of Gilmore Bell.
The council agreed after much discussion on the project to have their legal team look over all information regarding the expansion before their next council meeting. Discussion and presentation at the meeting involved a cost benefit analysis of the expansion.
"What I would recommend in that case would be to you know open the public hearing and then recess it until the next meeting,” Eck said. “Take any public comment from anybody that is here that wants to make comment on it in accordance with a published notice. Let them make their comment and then you can recess the public hearing until your next meeting and continue it at that point and consider the resolution following the public hearing at that next meeting."
The counsel followed Eck's suggestion and will hold another public hearing at the next city council meeting on Monday, June 17 at 7 p.m.
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