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Residents voice skepticism over marina restaurant funding and criticize local business tax rates
Summary
During communications from citizens, residents urged caution about using tax dollars to build a marina restaurant pavilion and criticized the city—s BPOL business tax, saying it discourages business; speakers asked the council for alternatives like food trucks and to review utility rate and wastewater concerns.
Three residents used the communications-from-citizens period to raise concerns about a proposed marina restaurant pavilion, the city—s professional-services (BPOL) tax, and water/wastewater rate proposals.
Laura Greenwood (Ward 6) said she polled neighbors about the proposed Marina Restaurant Pavilion and reported most opposed a taxpayer-funded restaurant at the marina, preferring…
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