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The lawsuit asks for the court to rule on whether the interest-free loans to property owners who elected not to participate in the project funding were unconstitutional; whether the church is not a licensed public works contractor and not authorized to contract out the water and sewer lines to the new temple site, whether the delegation of the purchasing function for the lines to the church for the city’s portion of the work was unlawful; whether the city’s declaration as sole source did not exempt the city from competitive bidding laws; whether payment to the church for the city’s share of costs was unlawful; whether the city council’s actions with the development agreement is void because it was negotiated in private meetings.
“You have learned something...That always feels at first as if you have lost something.” George Bernard Shaw When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
President Newsroom future announcement:
“This was all a misunderstanding and an error on the part of the city. We acknowledge no wrong doing and the fine we paid was simply to move ahead. We consider this matter to be closed.”
