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Council committee reduces construction retainage and seeks formal contractor-debarment rules
Summary
A committee passed an ordinance cutting contract retainage on construction projects and signaled plans to formalize a contractor debarment process to address recurring poor workmanship.
CLEVELAND — The committee approved an ordinance that reduces contract retainage on city construction projects and discussed plans to formalize debarment of contractors with deficient performance records.
Bonnie (identified as Chief Operating Officer/T1 in the transcript) explained the ordinance (No. 599-2025) seeks to reduce the standard retainage from 5% to lower rates and eliminate retainage on projects estimated at $500,000 or less. Under the measure, projects under $500,000 would carry no…
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