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St~ffReport TO: Honorable Mayor and Council Members Kim Moore-Sykes, City Administrator ~ FROM: SUBJECT: Ordinance #31 - Licensing and Bonding of Individuals, Firms, Corporations, Contractors and Subcontractors Doing or Performing Work in the City of Centerville and Providing Penalties for the Violation Thereof DATE: June 5, 2003 At the May Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, Ordinance #31 was presented by Staff to the Commissioners for their consideration. It was decided that this ordinance should be repealed because it had not been enforced for several years. This lack of enforcement was due mostly to substantial turn-over in Staff that the City experienced at the same time and the newly hired Staffwas not aware of its existence. The City Clerk had started the process for the public hearing when the Mayor indicated that he would like the Planning and Zoning Commission to take another look at this Ordinance. He is particularly concerned that builders, contractors and any other businesses of this type that come to the City to do work for residents may not be licensed with the State as required. The revisions to this ordinance and proposed licensing fees do not pertain to existing Centerville businesses. The annual fee of $25 is being assessed to cover administrative costs such as copying, mailing, :filing, processing applications and data entry. Staff is also proposing to list any required State license numbers on City permits. It was also suggested by Commission Kilian that having a contractor's license number on a building permit would also help the City recoup any outstanding debt on any of its projects as well. 1 ' RECOMMENDATION: Consider proposed revisions to Ordinance #31. At their regularly scheduled meeting of June 3, 2003, the Planning and Zoning Commission made the recommendation to Council that this Ordinance be repealed and that Staff be directed to include a line for State Contractor's license to be completed by the applicant.