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Depart mental Mattei-s <br /> Community Development <br /> INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Joseph A. Baird, County Administrator <br /> D IS N HEAD CONCURRENCE <br /> Ro ert M. Keating, AI ; Comm 11 ity Development Director <br /> L <br /> THROUGH: Sasan Rohani, AICP; Chief, Long-Range Planning <br /> FROM: Bill Schutt, AICP; Senior Economic Development Planner, Long-Range Planning . <br /> DATE: March 19, 2013 <br /> RE: Consideration of Triton Submarines, LLC's Request for a Local Jobs Grant <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 2, 2013. <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 in October 2000, December 2006, and March 2009, provides a <br /> financial incentive to businesses that create good paying, full-time jobs in Indian River County. <br /> Recently,a local jobs grant application was submitted by Triton Submarines,LLC.For reference <br /> purposes the applicant is referred to as "Company". <br /> As proposed, Company will bring approximately 24 additional jobs to the county by expanding <br /> its business. Those jobs will be in the following categories: <br /> 170 <br />