Thomasville, AL – A south Alabama county wants Louisiana-Pacific Corp. to pay as much as $900,000 to amend an economic incentives package because it laid off nearly 140 employees at a new mill.
Local governments and the state gave more than $17 million toward construction of the $260 million plant in Clarke County. In exchange, the company agreed to employ at least 130 workers for 12 months at the mill, which opened earlier this year.
But the chairman of the Clarke County Commission, Elma Averett, said the county wants Louisiana-Pacific to pay as much as $900,000 to change the incentives deal.
Company spokeswoman Mary Cohn said Louisiana-Pacific has offered to make quarterly payments to Clarke County during the mill's shutdown. The amount wasn't disclosed.
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