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Council raises questions about Amazon fuel cell and business-profit taxation; staff to follow up
Summary
Council members flagged valuation and tax-collection questions related to proposed on-site fuel-cell power at Amazon's Hilliard facility and asked staff and legal counsel for further analysis; no formal action was taken.
After approving grant awards, council members spent substantial time discussing a separate issue: valuation and tax treatment of on-site fuel-cell power at Amazon/AWS facilities in Hilliard and whether the city is calculating business-profit tax revenue correctly.
Council member Les raised the concern after recent Planning & Zoning testimony about a proposed fuel-cell installation at an Amazon site, saying staff responses left council uncertain about how business-profit taxes are being valued for large data centers. “My…
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