Shelby County Job Recruitment Incentive
Shelby County has approved a new job creation incentive plan that is hoped to help small businesses in the county grow and prosper
in the future.
The county’s board of supervisors has voted unanimously to approve the plan, targeted to small and entrepreneurial businesses (businesses
with 10 employees or less at time of application) in Shelby County.
“The purpose of this plan is to encourage/support new and existing businesses in Shelby County in their efforts to expand their workforce,”
said supervisor chairman Roger Schmitz in January 2017.
Most of the job incentive plans statewide and nationwide are tied to large companies that bring in hundreds of jobs, officials said. While
the county continues to attempt to attract large firms to the area, expansion of small business in Shelby County also is becoming a priority.
Interested businesses will complete an application for the program, which will indicate the number of planned jobs to be created. The program will be limited to a maximum of 25 jobs created within each fiscal year. Highlights of the incentive include:
Todd Valline, Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and Industry Executive Director, said he hopes the plan will be popular, and there is another incentive program being developed that addresses companies that create more than 25 jobs in a year.
“We’re going to work on something for 25 and over as well,” he said.
The job incentive plan went into effect January 1.
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in the future.
The county’s board of supervisors has voted unanimously to approve the plan, targeted to small and entrepreneurial businesses (businesses
with 10 employees or less at time of application) in Shelby County.
“The purpose of this plan is to encourage/support new and existing businesses in Shelby County in their efforts to expand their workforce,”
said supervisor chairman Roger Schmitz in January 2017.
Most of the job incentive plans statewide and nationwide are tied to large companies that bring in hundreds of jobs, officials said. While
the county continues to attempt to attract large firms to the area, expansion of small business in Shelby County also is becoming a priority.
Interested businesses will complete an application for the program, which will indicate the number of planned jobs to be created. The program will be limited to a maximum of 25 jobs created within each fiscal year. Highlights of the incentive include:
- Shelby County is establishing a $25,000 annual budget. Upon demand, the county agrees to pay a company $1,000 per new full-time
- job created and maintained for a period of two years. If those full-time employees have been residents of Shelby County for one year or more, the county agrees to pay the company $2,000 per new full-time job created and maintained for two years.
- To qualify, all newly created jobs must be maintained for two years and increase the company’s current number of employees at time of application.
- Documentation of employee count and residency will be required upon payment demand. Once documentation been provided and approved, the monies will be released.
Todd Valline, Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and Industry Executive Director, said he hopes the plan will be popular, and there is another incentive program being developed that addresses companies that create more than 25 jobs in a year.
“We’re going to work on something for 25 and over as well,” he said.
The job incentive plan went into effect January 1.
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