Bexar County commissioners on Tuesday are expected to authorize negotiations for a $1 million tax abatement agreement to secure a $47 million aluminum recycling plant that will bring 82 new jobs.

Audubon Metals Texas, LLC, a Koch Enterprises subsidiary, plans to build the 200,000-square-foot plant on an 84-acre parcel near Elmendorf in southern Bexar County.

David Marquez, executive director of the Bexar County Economic Development Department, said the company liked the site because it is equidistant from automotive plants in both the Midwest and Mexico that can use recycled aluminum in their die casting.

“They came around early on as they were scouting sites,” Marquez said. “It came back around as they were completing site due diligence, and we wound up in the running. That’s when we put our incentives on the table.”

The proposed tax incentive is a 10-year, 75 percent real and property tax abatement valued at $1,048,688.

In return, the company would hire 82 workers at an average salary of $40,578 per year. According to paperwork filed with the county, the plant would pay in $7,995 in taxes to the county Flood Control Fund and $129,916 to University Health System.

Kentucky-based Audubon Metals LLC touts its system to expedite processing of automotive shredder scrap into alloyed material that can be used by die casters. A company official did not immediately return a call for comment.

lbrezosky@express-news.net

CORRECTION: This article was updated to correct David Marquez’s title as well as the name of the parent company.