MONROE - The school district is saving $75,000 in a new transportation contract, and the city is getting $750,000 in new construction.
Lamers Bus Lines, Inc., headquartered in Green Bay, is poised to build a 6,300-square-foot facility in the city's North Industrial and Business Park, to house not only the school buses but also part of the company's tour and charter buses.
The Monroe school board approved the new transportation service contract with Lamers last month
On Wednesday, the City of Monroe Plan Commission granted Lamers, working through the Monroe Chamber of Commerce and Green Country Development Corporation, permission to purchase a nine-acre lot in the industrial park.
The city normally requires $150,000 of development per acre in the park, but this particular lot has a large, inclined area that is not suited for building. The commission asked Pam Christopher, director of the Chamber of Commerce, and Al Gerber, city engineering supervisor, to determine how much of the lot could be exempted from the development costs requirement.
According to Christopher, the company will have three full-time employees and 25 to 30 part-time employees. When the company adds its tour bus lines, additional employees will be needed.
Construction needs to begin by May for the company to be ready in time for school this fall. State approval for the building plans is pending, and building materials have already been ordered.
The facility will include a wash bay and a maintenance shop. A similar facility was recently built in Spring Green.
Lamers began in 1944, bussing children in the Grant School District. It now transports children in more than 30 school districts.
Lamers Bus Lines, Inc., headquartered in Green Bay, is poised to build a 6,300-square-foot facility in the city's North Industrial and Business Park, to house not only the school buses but also part of the company's tour and charter buses.
The Monroe school board approved the new transportation service contract with Lamers last month
On Wednesday, the City of Monroe Plan Commission granted Lamers, working through the Monroe Chamber of Commerce and Green Country Development Corporation, permission to purchase a nine-acre lot in the industrial park.
The city normally requires $150,000 of development per acre in the park, but this particular lot has a large, inclined area that is not suited for building. The commission asked Pam Christopher, director of the Chamber of Commerce, and Al Gerber, city engineering supervisor, to determine how much of the lot could be exempted from the development costs requirement.
According to Christopher, the company will have three full-time employees and 25 to 30 part-time employees. When the company adds its tour bus lines, additional employees will be needed.
Construction needs to begin by May for the company to be ready in time for school this fall. State approval for the building plans is pending, and building materials have already been ordered.
The facility will include a wash bay and a maintenance shop. A similar facility was recently built in Spring Green.
Lamers began in 1944, bussing children in the Grant School District. It now transports children in more than 30 school districts.