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MEMORANDUM vi
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Mayor and Aldermen January 5th, 1977

R.A. Freeman
City Clerk

Re: Business Licence Fee — Trailer Court

During 1976 the fee for the above noted licence classification, on a per

space basis, was $13.50. In 1977 the fee has been set at $29.00 and upon receiving
an inquiry from a trailer court operator, we reviewed the situation and it is

our belief that this large increase resulted from a processing error and it

was not the Council's intention t> provide an increase of over 100%. The
circumstances leading to this result are rather complicated and we set them

out below:

1. In 1972 the fee per space was $5.00 for each six month period.

2. In 1973 the fees payable in the Licence By-law were changed from a
six month basis to an annual basis and the fee for a trailer Space was set

at $12.00, i.e. it was doubled to $10.00 and then a $2.00 increase was added.
However, the technical wording of ‘the By-law indicated that this $12.00 fee
should still be charged on a six month basis although this was not, in fact,
ever done nor should it have been done as the fee had already been doubled.

3. In 1976 the fee was incerased to $13.50 (on an annual basis) but

the inconsistency in the wording remained.

4. In the latest revision to the Licence By-law, the inconsistency in
the wording was corrected and the fee was changed to $29.00. Obviously, what
has happened is that whoever spotted the inconsistency ‘has assumed that the
licence fee, in 1976, was paid on a six month basis (when in actual fact it was
paid on an annual basis) and the fee was doubled from $13.50 to $27.00 and then
adjusted to the $29.00 figure in line with Council's guidelines for increase.

The Licence Inspector agrees that this is what has happened.

‘If Council wish to correct this apparent inequity, may we suggest that the
Clerk be instructed to prepare the necessary amending By- -law to set the fee

at $15.00 per trailer space per year.

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City Clerk