According to a recent article in The Columbus Dispatch, the City of Columbus and at least nine of its suburbs (Dublin, Gahanna, Grandview Heights, Grove City, Hillard, New Albany, Upper Arlington, Westerville, and Worthington) have "reached an agreement to curtail job poaching, the practice of enticing companies to move jobs – and the income taxes they generate – across municipal lines." This agreement is similar to an anti-poaching agreement approved in Cuyahoga County by County Executive Ed FitzGerald. Click here to view our September 16 blog post for more background.
Under the new agreement, if any of the cities to the agreement use tax incentives to lure a central Ohio company with payroll of at least $10 million, then it would "have to share half of the income tax revenue gained with the city that lost it," the article said.
Columbus area leaders announce deal to deter proactive job poaching
