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Committee weighs centralizing pilot approvals after 'double-dipping' examples
Summary
Members discussed returning pilot approval authority to the legislative body to prevent multiple abatements for the same company after jurisdiction changes, citing a Campbell Clinic example where a recipient obtained additional pilots by changing ZIP codes.
Members argued the current system of municipal and development-board pilots can allow multiple abatements for the same project when developers change jurisdictions. A trustee and other members proposed routing pilot approvals to the legislative body so elected officials can control abatement rules and prevent what one member described as 'double-dipping.'
A committee member described the Campbell Clinic example — which moved and received a second pilot after changing ZIP codes — as evidence developers can obtain multiple abatements. "We gave them 1, Shelby County, while they were in Shelby County zip code, and then they go with the Collierville... They got another power," the member said, arguing the process needs streamlining to stop revenue loss through duplicative awards.
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