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?``: ?` F W'in�rica' of April 13. 2017 <br />�)fi tilt'1710N PV Mr. ;'i �l� erl����P�r�, SECONDED BY Ms. <br />tris rnernbers voted u�nal0mously ('15-0) to <br />° <br />7 f d, a r..+��imar ..lt Effect o� i Economic Development in PL --by Ms. -'r of L_concnw; Develonment <br />arr OUticed that Visit FAL �•ras fully funders` at $76 million, Enterprise <br />,-+16 n -zillion. of ✓V;IIG`1 $6 m0lion A as for internatiC?nai activities. <br />s:!:e said, tre LcgislatUre approved Governor Scotts request for $85 million <br />-by Mr. Bill Schutt, Senior Economic Develop -4n Ian <br />Mr. Schutt had previously distrit _ the informatio Mafia email and used <br />tibinPowerPoint slides during the meeting to a the proposal to chr _ the way the IRC <br />Local Jobs Grant Program Awards are coA ef his pres tion is on file in <br />the Commission Office.=_ _ <br />Mr. Schutt reviewed the cess aWethodology used to calculate <br />h <br />payments. He said the business _ ha __ laine"t they had a difficult time <br />understanding the calc_ a n of the a ds a gall fef . was too complex. The IRC <br />:-� <br />Community Develo _-:: __=_=Ortmen d _ i ip Wway of calculating those <br />payments using `mages; ftSChutt d it ay of examples of existing <br />payment recipients. e _ xplain - the new odology was based on average company <br />wage and average nu%fir of__j.r�_�"______J__o�yees quarter, and it would give credit to the <br />company 0 lied fo - r ml phi -- a proposed average methodology was <br />simple se thfal payrltly, because the current system did not <br />pay f _:: rtially-fille ition`===at it wou=Dever exceed the Commission -approved <br />maxima vel of pavm?La <br />Mr. SB Ift-concludeft provifng the Staff recommendation: that the Economic <br />Development ftc-I recom I <br />dthat the Board of County Commissioners approve the <br />use of the proposes m�= _ ology for calculating jobs grant payments. <br />Several membeiessed concerns. The discussion can be heard on the audio <br />recording of the meeting.Although there were many benefits given, primarily the ease of <br />which the grant applicant would understand the calculation process, the EDC members' <br />overall did not agree there was enough benefit to equal the additional payout that would <br />accompany the new methodology. The consensus was to table this item indefinitely and <br />that the EDC could review further if an alternative methodology would prevent paying out <br />additional funds. <br />ON MOTION BY Ms. Chandler, SECONDED BY Ms. <br />Mitchell, the members voted 15-0 to disapprove the <br />proposed Local Jobs Grant Program Award Computation Attachment 3 <br />Methodology, and to table the item. <br />EDC/Unapproved <br />June 20, 2017 <br />P162 <br />