In a just released economic impact statement released to The Daily Herald, The American Eagle Paper Mill said it had put nearly $50 million into the economy in 2004.
\nAccording to the release, the \u201cpositive cash generated to Pennsylvania Businesses\u201d was listed at $20,341,000.
\nThe mill started operations under Team Ten LLC ownership in November of 2003. The mill had been shut down in 2001, costing the area 265 jobs.
\nAccording to Clark Adelman, Team Ten partner, the plant now employs about 210 people, including about 110 who reside in the Tyrone Area School District. Adelman said 66 of the employees are Tyrone Borough residents.
\nThose residents are served by Tyrone\u2019s Borough Council and its mayor. A municipal body which has seen some recent changes after years of stability and faces more changes for a variety of reasons.
\n Former councilman J.R. Watson resigned in December and Don Boytim was appointed to replace him. Boytim now seeks an elected two-year term. Boytim and three other sitting council members seeking four-year terms face opposition from a group of candidates billing itself as \u201cTeam Tyrone.\u201d
\n Earlier this week, it was a case of two \u201cteams\u201d coming together when \u201cTeam Tyrone\u201d candidates met with Team Ten officials and toured the paper mill.
\nOne of those on hand for Monday\u2019s paper mill tour was \u201cTeam Tyrone\u201d member Bill Fink. In addition to the slate of council candidates, Fink is seeking to become mayor after winning a council seat in the 2003 voting.
\n If he were to be elected as the town\u2019s top dog this November, he\u2019d leave a vacancy on council by moving from that seat to the mayor\u2019s chair. The vacancy would have to be filled by appointment since Fink would still have two years left on his four-year council term. Current mayor Patricia Stoner has announced she will not seek a third term. The other announced mayoral candidate is Jim Kilmartin.
\nAdditionally, earlier this year, councilperson Sharon Dannaway took a leave of absence to become the borough\u2019s interim manager. If she were to be appointed to the position permanently, she would have to resign her council seat leaving another vacancy subject to appointment. The borough has said it is likely to take action on a permanent manager within six months of Dannaway\u2019s January appointment.
\n\u201cTeam Tyrone\u201d has touted the need to work together and create sound partnerships with the borough\u2019s neighboring communities and with industrial and business partners
\nMonday\u2019s tour by the group was one such effort along those lines. The paper mill\u2019s Adelman said the company welcomes visits by any political candidate.
\nThe economic impact information was also offered to the \u201cTeam Tyrone\u201d members. The tour was followed by a question and answer period with Adelman and other paper mill officials. The Daily Herald and other members of the media were also invited to tour the facility with the group. The Herald was the only member of the media in attendance.
\nThe mill\u2019s economic impact statement detailed more than $7,548,000 being paid in salaries and benefits in 2004. It noted the mill has 28 salaried employees, 170 hourly employees and 10 part-time workers.
\nThe company president, John Ferner, was out of town during the first part of the week, so Adelman and others conducted the tour which included a look at how the plant recycles paper products and turns them into new products for its customers.
\nQuestions about safety were addressed and Adelman said the safety record was \u201ccomparable\u201d to when the mill was under Westvaco ownership. He noted that many current employees have only a little more than a year of experience so there is \u201ca learning curve\u201d not seen previously. The company is initiating a new \u201csafety incentive\u201d program which could benefit employees economically if certain standards are met.
\nOfficials said the company is doing better than expected, although production was down around the Christmas season. The plant operates 24 hours-a-day, seven days a week in 12-hour shifts.
\nThe company praised Tyrone\u2019s private trucking industry as they noted its importance to the mill\u2019s operations. Officials said most of the companies it does business with are within a 500-mile radius of Tyrone.
\nThe use of coal, to the tune of seven truckloads a day, was mentioned as being significant in the operations as well as the company being a large customer of energy provider Penelec.
\nAdelman said the company also spent $429,000 in sewage costs in 2004 which works out to a little more than $35,000 monthly.
\nThe American Eagle Paper Mill\u2019s main line of products includes envelopes, business reply cards and index cards made from recycled paper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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