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ORDNC-2023-2 : Amending Revised Ordinances Article II Chapter 152, section 12, fee for common victualler

Passed · OUGHT TO PASS [4 TO 0] · moved by Jack Eccles, seconded by Maya Jamaleddine, Chair Yes: Ryan Williams, Jack Eccles, Maya Jamaleddine, Jen Grigoraitis. Absent: John Obremski, Christopher Cinella.

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ORDNC-2023-2 Amending Revised Ordinances Amending Revised Ordinances Article II Chapter 152, section 12, fee for common victualler Ought to Pass City Council

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▶ 13:48 Ryan Williams: and seeing no complaints, public comment is now closed. For the record, councilor Jamal Dean just joined us. She's a voting member tonight. We have several orders before us tonight. We have three orders before us tonight. The first is Ordinance 2023 dash two, amending revised ordinances, article two, chapter 1 52, section 12, the fee for common TERs. Am I saying this right? TERs, TERs. TERs. Thank you. Um, a motion by unanimous consent to suspend the rules so we can have any members of the administration come before us tonight to discuss this. Seeing no complaints, the rules are suspended. This order relates to clerk's office fees. So just one second. We got a couple, we got a couple to get through. Um, I don't think we have anybody from the administration here tonight to speak to the clerk's fees, so I will just go over them quickly with everybody. Um, the memo that was attached from the city clerk, Kristin Foot, who's currently on vacation, says that they have, uh, they're asking us to raise the LER license annually from $75 to $100. And, uh, they proposed the adjustment to this existing fee based on an analysis of peer communities. Um,

▶ 15:12 Speaker 4: So what's the will of the, of the committee?

▶ 15:17 Speaker 5: Motion to recommend?

▶ 15:23 Speaker 3: Second.

▶ 15:25 Ryan Williams: Okay. We have a motion to recommend made by Councilor Eccles and a second made by Counselor Jamal. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? No.