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The Calhoun County Commission helped Anniston clear a hurdle
Thursday to bringing in new industrial business.
The commission approved the creation of the city’s planned
Industrial Development Authority. Anniston leaders began talking publicly about
creating the authority in early February, but Alabama law required the County commission’s
permission before the board could be brought online. City manager Brian Johnson
attended the commission’s meeting, and said afterward the Anniston City
Council’s next move would be to fill the board.
Johnson said council members would need to begin considering
who they will nominate to the board. Those nominations could happen as soon as
the council’s April 6 meeting.
The city manager referred to the board as a financing
mechanism, capable of offering property, loans or grants to businesses
interested in expanding to Anniston.
It would also have the authority to abate certain fees and
taxes.
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