County agrees to recycling property deal
The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners and the Resource Recovery Development Authority are moving to put the idled Ball Ground Recycling Center property to use.
The agencies agreed during a joint meeting to accept a letter of interest from Cowart Mulch, which is offering to lease/purchase the more than 30-acre tract for 30 years for $3 million.
Cowart filed a lawsuit against county officials last year as a complicated legal wrangle erupted surrounding the two agencies and the firm failing to reach a deal. Commission chair L.B. “Buzz” Ahrens said that once a contract is finalized, the lawsuit will be dropped.
Ahrens said lawyers are working on fine print, with a goal of having a finalized agreement in place by May 1. The shuttered plant has been costing the county an estimated $100,000 a month in loan debt service payments since the center’s former operator went under.
