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Community Development <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Joseph A. Baird, County Administrator <br />DIVISION HEAD CONCURRENCE <br />Stan Boling, AICP;g unity Development Director <br />THROUGH: Sasan Rohani, AICP; Chief, Long -Range Planning <br />FROM: Bill Schutt, AICP; Senior Economic Development Planner, Long -Range Planning <br />DATE: April 14, 2014 <br />RE: Consideration of a Request for a Local Jobs Grant by a Parts Distribution <br />Company <br />It is requested that the information herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of <br />County Commissioners at its meeting of April 22, 2014. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />As part of the County's initiatives to improve the local economic base, a package of economic <br />development incentives designed to attract businesses to the county and to encourage existing <br />businesses to expand their operations within the county was established in 1996. Included in that <br />package of incentives was a local jobs grant program. That program, which was revised by the <br />Board of County Commissioners (BCC) in October 2000, December 2006, and March 2009, <br />provides a financial incentive to businesses that create good paying, full-time jobs in Indian River <br />County. Recently, a local jobs grant application was submitted by a parts distribution company. <br />Consistent with state law confidentiality allowances, the applicant has requested that its business <br />name and the specific salaries remain confidential as part of the local jobs grant application and <br />agreement. For reference purposes the applicant is referred to as "Company". <br />1 <br />67 <br />