Davis said mayoral politics are fueling the attention this year on the city's support for the chamber. He said no taxpayer money goes toward the salaries of any chamber employees.
"That's ridiculous," he said of the accusation."It's a failed attempt by some of my opponents to say the good work of the chamber — the jobs we've created at the chamber, the workforce development we've created at the chamber — is no good."
Four of the city's independent authorities — JEA, the Jacksonville Aviation Authority, JaxPort and the Jacksonville Transportation Authority — are set to to pay a total of $429,000 in their 2022-23 budgets to support the chamber, an amount that would be on top of the $750,000 from the city. Duval County Democratic Party Chairman Daniel Henry said"the question is still there as to whether or not taxpayers are essentially subsidizing Daniel Davis, who's running for mayor."The most recent annual Form 990 that's available on the Internal Revenue Service website shows that in 2019, the chamber spent a total of $8.87 million. Executive compensation and salaries for other employees accounted for $4.24 million, or nearly half the expenditures.
Wallace said the money from the city and its independent authorities has gone toward marketing Jacksonville for business recruitment, an activity that's covered by a longstanding agreement between the city and the chamber for the annual contributions. He said the Jacksonville area's overall unemployment rate is at about 2.2% to 2.3%, but some parts of Jacksonville have a much higher unemployment rate. The money for workforce development will help the chamber do a"deeper reach" into those neighborhoods to connect young people to the education and training they need to fill the jobs that businesses need, Wallace said.
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