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Committee questions B&O waiver requests for CTUB projects, asks for documentation before recommending council action
Summary
Members raised conflicts between developer/contractor letters and waiver requests for CTUB and Ransom projects, questioned whether contractors included B&O in bids, and agreed to forward items to council with clarifying questions or to table until further documentation is provided.
Committee members reviewed requests to waive business-and-occupation (B&O) and license fees for several development projects and flagged inconsistencies between waiver letters and contractor bids. Multiple members said it was unclear whether the B&O amounts were included in bidders' contract prices and asked staff to verify calculations before the city makes a recommendation to council.
S4 questioned the waiver letter's assumptions and said the request "saves us nothing" if the contractor did not include the B&O in their bid. Members ultimately agreed to forward the waiver packets to council with two specific questions for counsel and to either bring it forward without a recommendation or to table while staff obtains clearer documentation.
