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The council approved a five-year, 50% tax abatement for East Penn Manufacturing Co.’s planned $110 million facility expansion, which is projected to create 48 full-time jobs. The ordinance and other consent items passed unanimously, 5-0.
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The tax abatement reduces taxes on the expansion’s real and personal property improvements by half for five years. The council also approved purchases of city vehicles, roofing work for a conventional plant and Fire Station 8/Fire Training Center, and contracts supporting several transportation projects.
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