The City Council Tuesday unanimously agreed to waive about $62,000 in potential fees to give the nonprofit a boost in its $10 million building project on West Street that's slated to get underway in mid-September.
Jeffries, who is seeking election in the 1st District,said,"
He asked, "Will the damaging revenue concessions result in a reduction of service equality? This could very well be a recipe for disaster!"
Update at 8:40 a.m.:
City Building Official Guy Morin, after reading what Jeffries had to say, responded:
"That is one of the most bizarre comments I have ever heard. The required inspections for any project are dictated by the state building code and state statutes, the amount of inspections have nothing to do with the permit fees."
Mayor Art Ward asked, "Why wasn't this concern raised when the issue was discussed at the City Council meeting? The issue was waiving of the permit fees, not the inspection process."
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Maybe nobody brought it up during public commenents because it wasn't on the agenda. Nobody outside the inner circle knew about it.
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