09:10 PM EST Share Brenda Priestly Jackson’s amendment to request the company hire two-year Duval County residents for 20% of the project jobs fails.
The Jacksonville City Council awarded The Boeing Co. a $425,000 city infrastructure grant July 27 to support the company’s $116.5 million plan to expand its maintenance, repair and operations hangar at Cecil Airport.
The Council voted 16-0 to approve the grant to assist Boeing on an estimated $3 million in infrastructure expenditures for the project over three years.
Those improvements include stormwater drainage installation; fencing; a new sewer extension; irrigation; and electrical lines.
Boeing reached a 25-year lease agreement Dec. 17 with the Jacksonville Aviation Authority to expand its 400,000-square-foot operation at Cecil in West Jacksonville.
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