BAXTER - Simonson Lumber moved from Brainerd to Baxter in August of 2013, sharing a building with Brock White, and now the company is planning to build a new warehouse on the property in Baxter.
Simonson Lumber asked the Baxter City Council for a variance to allow a 12,000-square-foot warehouse with a 1/12 roof pitch. The council approved the variance Tuesday.
Simonson currently has three existing metal warehouse/storage buildings and two of three buildings have the 1/12 roof pitch. The third building has a different roof pitch.
The company plans to construct an addition to the building for office space. It would be constructed onto the front, north end of the proposed warehouse.
Company business has increased since the move. The company is near the railroad spur so it is able to get inventory delivered straight to the site.
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Simonson Lumber ships products all over northern Minnesota. They have jobs in Hibbing, Bemidji, Grand Rapids, Duluth, Superior, Wis., and also in North Dakota.
In other city business,
Approved the Pratt's Affordable Excavating partial pay estimate of $260,000 for the Wildflower Drive and Woida Road improvements project.
Accepted a $6,692.31 donation from the United States Police Canine Association Region XII for the Baxter Canine Program.
Approved professional engineering and land surveying services with Widseth Smith and Nolting for the Isle Drive extension wetland delineation and topographic survey and services for a feasibility study for Eagle Drive area.
Approved a revision to a conditional use permit for a planned unit development titled "Second Addition to Macdonald Acres" off Jewelwood Drive that will allow one twin-home in the development home to be changed to a single-unit home.
Approved an extension for the Falcon Drive Improvements project, as requested by DeChantal Excavating, LLC.
JENNIFER STOCKINGER may be reached at jennifer.stockinger@brainerddispatch.com or 855-5851. Follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/jennewsgirl .
