Title
ADOPT A RESOLUTION DECLARING AS A PUBLIC RECORD THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENT ENTITLED "2014 AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 21.1 (MODEL CITY PRIVILEGE (SALES) TAX CODE), ARTICLE III - LICENSING AND RECORDKEEPING, SEC. 21.1-300 THRU 21.1-380"
Staff Contact: Tom Duensing, Director, Finance and Technology
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Purpose and Recommended Action
Recommendation
This is a request for City Council to waive reading beyond the title and adopt a resolution declaring as a public record that certain document entitled "2014 Amendments to Chapter 21.1 (Model City Privilege (Sales) Tax Code), Article III - Licensing and Recordkeeping, Sec. 21.1-300 thru 21.1-380."
Background
State law permits cities to declare documents a public record to enact the provisions of code amendments by reference without publishing the full text of the amendments. Instead, the City publishes a notice in the newspaper and keeps three copies of the text on file with the City Clerk. This requires adoption by the Council of a resolution. At the same voting meeting, Council will be asked to approve the ordinance adopting the code amendments.
Previous Related Council Action
On June 11, 2011, Council adopted a Resolution No. 4491 declaring as a public record the 2011 Amendment to Chapter 21.1 (Model City Privilege (Sales) Tax Code.
Budget and Financial Impacts
By adopting the resolution and declaring as a public record the "2014 Amendments to Chapter 21.1 (Model City Privilege (Sales) Tax Code), Article III - Licensing and Recordkeeping, Sec. 21.1-300 thru 21.1-380", the City will not be require to publish the entire code amendments in order to save publishing costs.