After initially tabling the proposal last month, the Wright City Planning & Zoning Commission was scheduled to reconsider a consolidation plat Sept. 21 for 58 acres of land, at least part of which is planned for development of an asphalt plant, but the approval has again been delayed.

The 58.19 acres, owned by G&M Concrete & Asphalt Co., which is part of Troy-based Magruder Companies, is currently divided into six separate parcels. The planning and zoning commission previously discussed the proposed consolidation Aug. 17.

“Magruder, they want to postpone everything until next month, and I just found this out, so we’re not going to take action on it tonight, but you’re welcome to come up and have your say,” Planning & Zoning Commission President Joe Iannicola said at the start of this week’s meeting. Several residents took him up on his offer.

“There’s just a lot of discrepancies as to — what are we looking at? What land? So what site plan are we looking at? What date? That’s a question we would like to have answered before this is voted on,” said Jackie Ramey.

Three different site plans for Magruder’s property have been presented at different city meetings in June 2025, January 2026 and July 2026, Ramey said. “33 acres to 36 acres to zero acres on three different plans isn’t the same site plan,” she said.

Jay Holladay similarly said residents are confused about what the city has actually approved or is considering approving.

“Is this bigger than a bread box?” he said. “What is going on?”

Paul Godt said in his comments that he wanted to reflect the community’s feeling as he understood it.

“Wright City community residents are concerned the asphalt plant does not conform to the zoning code and that their quality of life and property values will be negatively affected by the proposed heavy industry enterprise,” he said.

Larry Zuhone, who has filed a lawsuit against the city and the asphalt plant developers over the proposed facility, similarly repeated his position that the M-1 light industrial zoning of Magruder’s property is inappropriate for an asphalt plant. He said the facility should only be allowed in an area zoned M-2, heavy industrial, and that this is consistent with asphalt industry standards and guidance.

“And you can read wherever you want, you can pull up different sites, and everything basically says the same thing,” Zuhone said.

The next court date in the Zuhone lawsuit, a hearing on the city’s motion for expedited trial setting, has been scheduled for Nov. 4 in Warren County Circuit Court.

Tony Beeny, like other speakers Sept. 21, questioned various aspects of plans Magruder has presented.

“Magruder needs to submit a new plan, a real site plan with real measurements that people can really look at and make decisions on,” he said.

While nothing was voted on Monday, even if it had been approved this week, the consolidation plat would be “just a preliminary thing, too,” Iannicola said. “I mean, when everything’s said and done, everything will be like you said, down to the inch and everything else.”

City Clerk and Manager Abbie Ogborn similarly said Wright City expects to be given more detail on Magruder’s plans before they are final. 

“We’ll get construction plans of all their structures,” she said.