City Spending: How Contractor Discounts Are Handled

The Moderate Party questioned the Real Estate Department on how material prices, discounts, and bonuses are handled in procurements to ensure optimal use of taxpayer money. The department stated they have procedures to track material costs, but annual turnover discounts, based on a contractor's total purchases, belong to the contractor, not the city. Attempting to reclaim these bonuses would likely increase costs and require significant resources, so the department deems current routines sufficient and will not change them.