In Monday’s Commissioners Court the CEO of the American Statesman Glove Co., Bill Hart, gave more details about how the glove company operates.
He started out by saying that they were in the process of raising capital and have already raised a significant amount of the $185 to $230 million they will need.
They will build three one-million-square-feet buildings over the course of the first three or so years and will rent about 270 acres of land from the old Alcoa property.
Each glove making machine is 600 feet long and 40 feet high and there will be 45 to 60 of them in each building.
“Once the machines start they never stop except for one time per year for maintenance,” Hart said. “The glove plant will produce 10 million boxes of gloves per month.”
According to County Judge Steve Young, “If Milam County is chosen this will be a $775-million investment in our county. A decision will be made about whether or not the Rockdale location is chosen by the end of October, so we should know very soon.”
The commissioners also declared the week of Oct. 3-9 as 4-H appreciation week in Milam County. On hand to accept the proclamation were Micah Holcombe and Kennedy Hobbs from Thorndale 4-H.
Fire chief Ernie Glenn from the Minerva VFD told the commissioners about their fundraising plans to get a fire truck fixed they bought in September.
There were also several complaints about the timing of the commissioners court involving budgeting and taxes but they were mostly false
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