This story has been updated with quotes from local officials
The coal piles could finally be on the move, north up the Fox River.
A “tentative agreement” has been reached regarding the Pulliam Power Plant site and relocation of Green Bay’s downtown coal piles, but details have yet to be made public.
"There's a lot of work that still has to go into it, until everything is completed," said Brown County Board of Supervisors chairman Patrick Buckley. "So we're asking that we take tomorrow, get all the T's crossed, I's dotted, and get this all set for Thursday."
County officials say the tentative deal was reached at 6:49 p.m. Tuesday evening, minutes before a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors was scheduled to begin.
"We look forward to Thursday, and finalizing this long journey that we've all been on," County Executive Troy Streckenbach said. "And we appreciate the work by everybody really to get us to this point — but it's not at the finish line."
Streckenbach said the deal involved the former Pulliam plant site.
"Ultimately, this was a team win, assuming this Thursday, everything goes through as discussed today," he said.
"Between the Mayor [of Green Bay, Eric Genrich], the County Executive, and myself. I think we're all very confident that it's going to get done," Buckley said.
Media at Tuesday's meeting were given a hard copy of the following statement:
Brown County and C. Reiss Company have reached a tentative agreement that is currently being put into writing. This tentative agreement will then be voted on at a special meeting of the Brown County Board of Supervisors on Thursday, June 5th, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. All parties will not make further comment until after that meeting.
State Rep. David Steffen (R - 4th District) chimed in on the announcement of an agreement with the following statement:
For half a century, our community has endeavored to reclaim and repurpose this ¼ mile of downtown riverfront property. With today’s announcement, we now begin a new era of opportunity and excitements for downtown Green Bay.
Click here for our recent coverage of the negotiations preceding this agreement.
Watch our broadcast coverage of the meeting here:
