The Warren Township Kimberly-Clark project, which was on Monday's agenda of the Ohio Tax Credit Authority (Ohio TCA), received approval for a Job Creation Tax Credit.

The tax credit for the potential facility was approved, with the goal to help boost the Trumbull County economy. 

It was the largest job-creating project on the Monday's docket, alongside five other projects, expected to create 491 full-time equivalent jobs out of the total of 699 projected in the meeting.

According to the Ohio Department of Development, if everything goes as planned, these positions could generate over $49.1 million in payroll.

The Ohio TCA approved a 1.837 percent, 10-year Job Creation Tax Credit for the project, which is now pending review from Kimberly-Clark.

Kimberly-Clark is a personal care company that offers hygiene brand-name products such as Huggies, Kleenex, Kotex, and more. 

While Job Creation Tax Credits and similar tax credit programs can be useful economic development tools, some recent area projects that also received tax credits either failed or have not shown growth.

Examples of companies that in recent times have received tax credits include the failed Chill Can facility on Youngstown's East Side and the Southern Park Mall tax breaks approved by county commissioners.

In the case of Chill Can, Youngstown government provided a large tax credit in addition to a $1.5 million grant for the creation of a Chill Can production plant that never came to fruition.

The language of the tax credit given to the Southern Park Mall failed to protect against selling the development to a different owner, putting the city's investment at risk in the hands of an owner who was not screened and whose reputation was not validated by the TCA's staff.

Tax credits have also been used to help with the renovation of historic buildings, including the Mahoning National Bank building, Central Tower and the Niles Masonic Temple for future development.