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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting— October 19, 2001 <br />6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br />a. Continued... <br />Environmental Health Laboratories (EHL) <br />located at 110 S. Hill Street. Since 1987, EHL <br />has focused on becoming the nation's largest <br />and most prestigious provider of laboratory <br />analysis for the public water supply industry. <br />EHL has now become the nation's most <br />comprehensive certified facility with <br />certifications for Safe Drinking Water Act <br />compliance monitoring from 47 state agencies. <br />EHL currently provides analyses to thousands of <br />municipalities and hundreds of laboratories and <br />engineering firms across the nation. <br />In April 2001, EHL was purchased by <br />Underwriters Laboratories (UL). UL wants to <br />continue the tremendous growth that EHL has <br />experienced in the past few years by nearly <br />tripling the size of the facility with a 50,000 <br />square feet building addition. The total cost of <br />the new building is estimated at $7 million. UL <br />will also be investing additional funds for new <br />instrumentation, furniture, fixtures and <br />infrastructure improvements. <br />Per the petition, it is estimated that this project <br />will create thirty -two (3 2) new permanent jobs <br />within the first year, representing a new annual <br />payroll of $1,256,096 (for an average salary of <br />$39,253 per position). The project will also <br />maintain 91 existing permanent full time jobs <br />and 12 part time jobs representing an annual <br />payroll of $3,925,255 (for an average salary of <br />$40,467 per position). The expansion plan will <br />also permit UL to move existing business <br />programs from other UL facilities to the <br />enlarged South Bend facility with the potential <br />for 150 new jobs within the next 5 years. <br />2 <br />