Council approves contract to continue decommissioning power plant
Implementing an earlier decision to decommission the power plant, the Vero Beach City Council yesterday approved a $206,000 contract to South Bay Builders of Vero Beach to remove fuel tanks, water tanks, auxiliary tanks, a fuel building and a storage building. Work is already underway by South Bay to bring down the cooling towers. A total of $600,000 has been budgeted in the 2015-2016 fiscal year for demolition on the power plant site.