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Auburn council approves contract amendment to outsource business-license administration

Auburn City Council · April 14, 2026
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Summary

The council approved an amendment to add business-license administration and a TOT/short-term rental collection component to an existing contract with HDL, extending services and increasing the contract maximum to $155,000; finance director said the move will reduce staff workload and postage costs.

Gretchen Hoskins, the city’s finance director, asked the Auburn City Council to approve an amendment to an existing contract to add business-license administration and expand transient-occupancy tax (TOT) and short-term rental collection services.

"I'm Gretchen Hoskins, your finance director," Hoskins said in presenting the proposal, which noted the city currently administers nearly 2,000 active business licenses and collected about $206,000 from those…

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