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Dear Mayor Tallo:

You have requested an opinion of this office regarding the criteria that should be examined to measure "the greatest benefits to the public in services and financial return" as required by Louisiana Revised Statute 2:135.1 B(1) (c). More specifically, you ask if the City of Hammond must rely on purely financial projections when reviewing bids for leasing airport property or if the city could award a bid based on non-monetary benefits to the public.

Louisiana Revised Statute 2:135.1 B(1) (c) states:

The lessor shall accept only the highest bid submitted which yields the greatest…