Have A Say On Tax Abatements
Posted by Scott Spaulding - 4/29/08 @ 1:56 am - Filed Under Featured, Local Politics
The Common Council will not have a regular Council meeting this Tuesday but instead will meet to discuss the issue of tax abatements and the guidelines used to determine their issuance.
A feature of the meeting will be the opportunity for the public to comment on policy issues related to tax abatements:
City Council tackles tax abatement rules (JG)
The two-hour meeting will start with a primer on abatements from city and county economic development staff. Then, council members will discuss their preferred direction for abatements. Finally, Smith said, the floor will be opened to the community for about a half-hour to allow residents to comment.
Smith does not expect the meeting will complete the discussion on the issue, but it should be a good start. He said the council will likely discuss whether the city should even be giving abatements –though it would likely be difficult to stop, he said.
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I plan on making it…
Mike