NIAGARA COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

            NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing pursuant to Article 18-A of the New York General Municipal Law will be held by the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency (the "Agency") on the 29th day of October , 2024, at 2:00 p.m., at North Tonawanda City Hall, 216 Payne Avenue, North Tonawanda,  New York 14120, in connection with the following matter:

ALS INC., and/or an individual(s) or affiliate, subsidiary, or entity or entities formed or to be formed on its behalf (the "Company"), has submitted an application to the Agency, a copy of which is on file at the office of the Agency, requesting that the Agency consider undertaking a project (the "Project") whereby the Company will initiate a factory modernization project at its approximately 98,000 square foot facility located at 874 Oliver Street in the City of North Tonawanda, Niagara County, New York (the “Facility”) consisting of the acquisition and installation in and around the Facility of certain items of machinery, equipment and other tangible personal property including the installation of advanced technology 5-axis machine tools, manufacturing machines, welding equipment, a Goff clean and blast machine and state-of-the-art tooling and fixtures (the “Improvements”). 

The Agency will negotiate an agent and financial assistance and project agreement (“the Agent Agreement”) with the Company whereby the Agency will designate the Company as its agent for the purpose of constructing and equipping the Project and (ii) provide financial assistance to the Company in the form of a sales and use tax exemption related to the Project consistent with the policies of the Agency.

A representative of the Agency will be at the above-stated time and place to present a copy of the Company's project application and hear and accept written and oral comments from all persons with views in favor of or opposed to or otherwise relevant to the proposed Financial Assistance.

This public hearing is being conducted in accordance with Subdivision 2 of Section 859-a of the New York General Municipal Law.

DATED:  October 9, 2024

                                                                                    NIAGARA COUNTY INDUSTRIAL

                                                                                       DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

                                                                                    By:      Andrea Klyczek

                                                                                                Executive Director