With eyes on economic development, Rowan County Commissioners on Tuesday will consider two major projects.

First up is construction of a corporate-sized hangar at the Rowan County Airport. Commissioners will also consider approving a contracted engineer to proceed with phase one of a county-owned water and sewer system.

Because of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, commissioners are scheduled to meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. instead of Monday. The meeting will be in the commissioners meeting room at the Rowan County Administration Building — 130 West Innes Street.

County officials came to an agreement last year to build a 15,000-square-foot hangar at the Rowan County Airport. Previously, county leaders questioned the correct size for new airport hangars. Originally, Rowan County favored T-hangars — primarily used for small, private aircraft. Later, the airport looked to build box hangars, which are larger but can’t fit corporate jets. In 2015, commissioners agreed to proceed with the construction of a large, community hangar. The hangar is intended to be nearly identical to the one being leased to airplane charter company Strategic Moves.

Citing ongoing discussions with new plane owners, commissioners have said the corporate hangar will likely fill up quick.

The exact, total cost of the corporate-sized hangar won’t be clear until Rowan County receives bids for construction. On Tuesday, commissioners are scheduled to give County Manager Aaron Church the authority to solicit bids for construction.

Exact costs for a county-owned water and sewer system also haven’t been determined. County commissioners intend to drag out the cost of a planned $60 million county-owned water and sewer system into multiple parts, which would reduce the impact of the significant cost.

On Tuesday’s agenda, commissioners are scheduled to give McGill Associates, an engineering firm under contract for the project, authority to proceed with a water line that would extend along Long Ferry Road, near the Dukeville community. The line would extend 6,800 feet from a Salisbury-Rowan Utilities line that stops near I-85. To oversee the Long Ferry Road line, commissioners would pay McGill Associates $47,800, according to Tuesday’s agenda documents.

The extension would be mere feet away from some of the dozens of homes affected by potential contamination from Buck Steam Station’s coal ash ponds, but commissioners have said the county-owned water and sewer system is for economic development purposes.

The water line extension would also result in fire hydrants along Long Ferry Road, according to county documents.

Other business on Tuesday’s agenda includes:

• Holding a hearing to consider approval of a cell tower at 3513 Mooresville Road.

The tower would be just west of Salisbury’s city limits, near the intersection of Neel and Mooresville roads. Tuesday’s agenda documents state the tower would be 195 feet.

Agenda documents state Verizon Wireless needs a new cellular tower in the area.

• Considering approval of a resolution that would ask Gov. Pat McCrory, North Carolina’s U.S. senators and State Transportation Board Member Jake Alexander for help securing funding to extend the Rowan County Airport’s runway by 500 feet.

• Setting a public hearing on Feb. 1 to consider an incentive request for an economic development matter called “Project Spec.”

For months, Rowan County leaders have been working to build several speculatory buildings in an industrial park off of Heilig Road.

Tuesday’s agenda shows commissioners will consider a tax incentive request in February to help the project. The tax incentives would be for multiple industrial buildings on the site. It’s unclear exactly how many speculatory buildings would be constructed at the Heilig Road industrial park, which is in Granite Quarry and adjacent to Gildan’s plant.

Contact reporter Josh Bergeron at 704-797-4246.