Faced with fiscal fiasco, City of Chicago asks vendors for 3% discount

Mayor Brandon Johnson asks for 3% price drop from city contractors, cites tough times

Chief Procurement Officer Sharla Roberts’ surprise request this week was sent to all major contractors doing business with the city. The letter does not describe the nature of the economic crisis.

Faced with fiscal fiasco, City of Chicago asks vendors for 3% discount

The City of Chicago has requested vendors to discount their invoices by 3% off all invoices sent to the city for the next twelve months off any contracts they currently hold as a prime contractor with the city. This is due to difficult economic times and the city faces new challenges to reduce its costs. However, this request has been met with skepticism by aldermen and one alderman, Ray Lopez, posted on social media questioning the necessity of…