Agenda 10-01-19 Item 8-a - Minutes

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9 1 2020, and wants the County to make the schedule from that year, for five years, to look at the 2 performance grant. 3 Dmitry Dukhan thanked the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC)for this opportunity 4 to be in Orange County and the City of Mebane. He said Medline is looking to close the land in 5 the next 60-90 days. He said it is Medline's goal to complete the purchase of the land in 2019, 6 commence construction in the first or second quarter of 2020, and complete by construction by 7 the first quarter of 2021. He said it will take 4-6 months to "energize" the property (set up 8 technology, hire people, etc.), and Medline expects to be fully operational by the end of the 9 second, or beginning of the third quarter of 2021. 10 Dmitry Dukhan said Medline Industries is a privately held company, based out of 11 Chicago, and is fourth generation privately owned, with no debt. He said this property is owned 12 free and clear with no debt. He said it is Medline's goal to operate with the long-term in mind, 13 by investing back into the community, the company, and the employees. He said Medline is a 14 top 100 medical company to work for in the country. He said Medline provides a full continuum 15 of care from hospital to hospice, with over 550,000 products and services within the hospital 16 systems, and plans to manufacture 60% of the products it sells. 17 Dmitry Dukhan said this 1.2 million square foot facility will take care of Medline's hospital 18 and medical needs in the state of North Carolina, South Carolina, parts of Virginia, parts of 19 Georgia, and serve as back up to Florida. He said the facility will be state of the art, LEED 20 certified, with up to 50% solar potential for its electric needs. He said Medline is committed to 21 hire 250 people in the first 5 years, but at full capacity, this facility will have over 700 jobs, 22 ranging from warehouse associates to team members to shipping operations, etc. He said 23 Medline delivers over 80% of its products itself, and 100% of its products are delivered the next 24 day. He said Medline is looking forward to be a proud member of this community. 25 Commissioner Price asked if the number of employees that will come from this 26 community is known. 27 Dmitry Dukhan said only 2% will come from the outside, and the rest will be local, about 28 240 local jobs. 29 Commissioner Dorosin asked if there will be any manufacturing at this site, or if it is just 30 distribution. 31 Dmitry Dukhan said there will be no manufacturing at this site, but there will be some 32 assembly. He said the site is purely distribution. He said there will be three different office 33 complexes inside the facility (about 60,000 square feet), a staging area, and all will be very 34 clean locations due to the products going straight to surgeries. 35 Commissioner Marcoplos said he appreciated that Medline uses LEED certified 36 construction. 37 Dmitry Dukhan said 100% of Medline's construction is LEED certified. 38 Chair Rich asked if a slide of the facility area could be put back up, and asked if Dmitry 39 Dukhan could review the ingress and egress of the trucks. 40 Dmitry Dukhan said, as a medical grade facility, Medline must have two ways out of the 41 site and location. He said there will be two exits that go both east and west, but 99% of the 42 time, trucks will be going west on West Ten Road to Buckhorn Road, and onto 1-40. He said the 43 company desires to avoid the school that is a mile down the road. 44 Commissioner Price asked if Medline works with high school students at all. 45 Dmitry Dukhan said not directly, but Medline works with the community colleges that in 46 turn partner with the high schools. He said the warehouse jobs are highly computerized and 47 take a full 4 months in which to be fully trained. He said 60-70% of promotions come from 48 within the work staff, and a college degree is not required to be promoted to a senior director at 49 the company. 50 Commissioner Price said it would be great for local youth to know the long-term 51 opportunities, to which they can aspire, within Medline.