City Council President Scott Wilson filed legislation Feb. 19 to approve taxpayer-backed incentives for code-named Project Graph to expand the company’s existing Jacksonville software design operation and create a regional headquarters.
Wilson filed Resolution 2020-0138 at Mayor Lenny Curry’s request seeking incentives from the state’s Qualified Targeted Industry Tax Refund program to create 115 full-time jobs, according to WJCT News partner the Jacksonville Daily Record.
The unnamed company is asking for a total $690,000 in taxpayer-backed incentives from the state and city.
The Mayor’s Budget Review Committee signed off on the proposal Feb. 10
A city Office of Economic Development project summary says the medical software company would receive a $6,000 refund per job. The state would pay 80%, or $552,000, of the total incentive. The city would offer 20%, or $138,000 as part of the economic development agreement.
An expanded version of this story at includes annual wage expectations is at JaxDailyRecord.com.
