Committee forwards Dykema Gossett invoice and contract question to formal after tax-clearance and timing disputes

The Committee of the Whole moved contract number 6006481, a city contract with Dykema Gossett (listed on the agenda as a Dykema/Dykemagossett entry) for help obtaining telecommunication services and connectivity, to the council's formal session with a recommendation to deny after extended questioning about timing, invoicing and tax-clearance delays.

Crystal Rollins Weggum, a database administrator in the law department responsible for contracts, told the committee that the law department first received engagement documents in January 2024 but did not receive fully executed contract documents until June. Tax-clearance was initially denied because Dykema owed roughly $1,200; Rollins Weggum said Treasury worked with the vendor and tax clearance was…