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9 <br /> <br />Georgia, and serve as back up to Florida. He said the facility will be state of the art, LEED <br />certified, with up to 50% solar potential for its electric needs. He said Medline is committed to <br />hire 250 people in the first 5 years, but at full capacity, this facility will have over 700 jobs, <br />ranging from warehouse associates to team members to shipping operations, etc. He said <br />Medline delivers over 80% of its products itself, and 100% of its products are delivered the next <br />day. He said Medline is looking forward to be a proud member of this community. <br />Commissioner Price asked if the number of employees that will come from this <br />community is known. <br />Dmitry Dukhan said only 2% will come from the outside, and the rest will be local, about <br />240 local jobs. <br />Commissioner Dorosin asked if there will be any manufacturing at this site, or if it is just <br />distribution. <br />Dmitry Dukhan said there will be no manufacturing at this site, but there will be some <br />assembly. He said the site is purely distribution. He said there will be three different office <br />complexes inside the facility (about 60,000 square feet), a staging area, and all will be very <br />clean locations due to the products going straight to surgeries. <br />Commissioner Marcoplos said he appreciated that Medline uses LEED certified <br />construction. <br />Dmitry Dukhan said 100% of Medline’s construction is LEED certified. <br />Chair Rich asked if a slide of the facility area could be put back up, and asked if Dmitry <br />Dukhan could review the ingress and egress of the trucks. <br />Dmitry Dukhan said, as a medical grade facility, Medline must have two ways out of the <br />site and location. He said there will be two exits that go both east and west, but 99% of the <br />time, trucks will be going west on West Ten Road to Buckhorn Road, and onto I-40. He said <br />the company desires to avoid the school that is a mile down the road. <br />Commissioner Price asked if Medline works with high school students at all. <br />Dmitry Dukhan said not directly, but Medline works with the community colleges that in <br />turn partner with the high schools. He said the warehouse jobs are highly computerized and <br />take a full 4 months in which to be fully trained. He said 60-70% of promotions come from <br />within the work staff, and a college degree is not required to be promoted to a senior director at <br />the company. <br />Commissioner Price said it would be great for local youth to know the long-term <br />opportunities, to which they can aspire, within Medline. <br /> Dmitry Dukhan said this truly will be the best supply chain in the United States, and they <br />carry a three month supply of inventory for hospitals, and could supply the entire state of North <br />Carolina if necessary. <br /> <br />A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Greene to <br />open the public hearing. <br /> <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> <br />PUBLIC COMMENT <br />NONE <br /> <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Greene, seconded by Commissioner McKee to <br />close the public hearing. <br /> <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />