INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett said he is calling on United Technologies and Carrier to return $1.2 million in tax incentives to the city within the next 30 days.
Wednesday, Gov. Pence said the company will return $1.2 million in tax abatement to the Metropolitan Development Commission in Indianapolis, after he met with Robert McDonough, President of United Technologies Climate, Controls and Security.
Mayor Hogsett released the following statement Thursday about the meeting:
“Yesterday, I was pleased to hear Governor Pence promise to bring $1.2 million in tax incentives back to our city from these two companies. And today, I am calling on United Technologies and Carrier to make good on this pledge and return these tax dollars within the next 30 days.
While I am disappointed by the lack of communication from Carrier’s management to our Carrier Task Force, it will continue to marshal resources to assist the hardworking families affected by this terrible decision. By immediately following through on this agreement with the governor, we will be able to invest this $1.2 million toward efforts to prepare these workers for the next chapter of their careers.”
Mayor Hogsett has also launched a website for the city's Carrier Task Force. Parts of the website have yet to be implemented.
The website will provide information and resources available to affected workers and their families, according to a press release from Hogsett's office.
After Carrier announced they were relocating 1,400 jobs from Indianapolis to Monterrey, Mexico, Hogsett issued an executive order to create a task force to assemble local, state and federal resources to help the employees.
PREVIOUS | City, state stepping in to help Carrier employees
----
FULL COVERAGE | Carrier employees protest move at statehouse| Pence on Carrier meeting: 'I don't want to create any false hope for people'| Moving to Mexico: What you need to know about Monterrey, Mexico| Moving to Mexico: On the ground in Monterrey, Mexico, where Carrier is movingTrump weights in on Carrier relocation to Mexico | Carrier: Company did not receive $5M in federal stimulus funds | President of United Steelworkers Union: No hope of saving 1,400 jobs | Carrier employees, local businesses reel after announcement of move to Mexico |WATCH: Employees react to news that Carrier is moving from Indy to Mexico | Pence to review Carrier's plans to move to Mexico |TRUMP: Carrier should be taxed for their goods after move to Mexico | Hogsett, Donnelly meet with Carrier workers | City, state stepping in to help Carrier employees |Indiana leaders ask Carrier for a meeting to try to keep the plant, jobs in the state
