The City of Orange City and Gel Corp, the regional recycling business located in Orange City, failed to resolve their differences at the City Council meeting on Tuesday, June 23. The developers agreement between the city and Gel Corp came close to being solved. Milton Evans and City Manager Chester Murray worked to solve the problems in the agreement including all Tuesday Afternoon, but the settlement the two reached was not acceptable to Attorney Alan Watts. Watts recommended against the agreement during the Council meeting. The developers agreement would have completed an 8 months process to resolve conflict between the City and Gel Corp.
The city Council tabled the measure indefinitely, effectively killing the opportunity to solve the long existing conflict except through court action by the City against Gel Corp.
It will be up to the City Council whether to spend the millions in lawyer fees that some estimate it will take to see the case through all avenues of appeals. Watts could be the attorney who will continue legal action for the City against Gel Corp.
Your taxes are likely to go up just to pay for the legal fees. Read an update on this story. (more…)
LVS Landscape Nursery, lead by Vernon Stafford of Orange City, installs the zoysia turf on the south side of the Library and Hall in Orange City. The Orange City Library Association has been renovating and restoring the building that was originally built in 1919. The Florida friendlylandscape project has begun to put turf and other ground covers to reduce water consumption and maintenance expenses. Eight Live Oak trees were planted recently and a continuing project will be to remove the current water thirsty St. Aug. grass and replace it with other ground covers and grasses as a demonstration project for the community. In the coming week most of the west lawn will be changed to Florida Ecoturf. Participating partners in the project are LVS Landscape Nursery, Ecoturf Sod LLC of Suwanee, Florida and the Orange City Library Association.