SIOUX CITY SAVES & RECYCLES AT OLD MORRELL PLANT

SIOUX CITY---EQUIPMENT, AMMONIA AND GRAVEL IS BEING REMOVED FROM THE OLD JOHN MORRELL PLANT IN SIOUX CITY AND THE CITY IS WORKING WITH THE DECOMMISSIONING CONTRACTOR TO SAVE MONEY.

INSPECTIONS SERVICES SUPERVISOR DARREL BULLOCK SAYS RATHER THAN HIRING A CONTRACTOR, THE CITY DECIDED TO DO THE PRE-DEMOLITION WORK THEMSELVES AND HAVE ALREADY SAVED NEARLY $88-THOUSAND.

THE 23-ACRE JOHN MORRELL SITE NEAR I-29 NOW BELONGS TO THE CITY, WHICH BULLOCK SAYS ALSO SAVED THE CITY MONEY.

ANOTHER GREEN EFFORT BY THE CITY WILL BE TAKING CONCRETE FROM THE BUILDING, CRUSHING IT AND USING IT FOR ROAD BED ON THE SITE.

BULLOCK SAYS THERE'S A LOT THE CITY HAS TO DO BEFORE THE WRECKING BALL MAKES ITS DEBUT.

DEMOLITION BIDS WILL BE SENT OUT IN EARLY JULY. A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR GLOBAL FOODS PROCESSING PLANT WILL BE ERECTED AT THE OLD JOHN MORRELL SITE.