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Daggett County authorizes clerk to approve business licenses administratively and approves KMS Manila license
Summary
The Daggett County Commission authorized the clerk’s office to process complete business license applications administratively with monthly reporting and retained the chair's signature requirement; the commission also approved a business license for KMS Manila.
The Daggett County Commission voted to authorize the clerk’s office to process and approve complete business license applications administratively, removing routine license approvals from the commission agenda while keeping the chairman’s signature as the formal approval and requiring a monthly report of approvals to the commission.
The change is intended to speed processing for applicants who have submitted complete documentation. "It was right on commission day, so we couldn't submit it because it wasn't on the agenda," Dorinda said of an example application that had been ready in September but waited for a meeting; she and another commissioner argued the administrative route would be timelier for applicants. Commissioners discussed ways to maintain transparency, including a monthly report of approved licenses placed in the meeting packet as a matter of record, and posting an active-license list on the county website.
The commission also approved a specific business license during the meeting. A motion and a second were made to approve the business license for KMS Manila; commissioners responded "Aye." The transcript does not include a roll-call tally.
During discussion commissioners and staff referenced how other counties handle licenses administratively and mentioned the county's licensing records are kept in a system referenced in the meeting as "Plouras." Commissioners asked that the clerk's office provide a monthly report of new and renewed licenses and consider whether those lists can appear on the county website so the public can see active businesses.
The adopted administrative process requires the clerk’s office to confirm an application is complete before approving, to obtain the chair’s signature on the license form, and to provide a routine report to the commission showing new and renewed licenses. The clerk agreed to follow up on whether the approved-license list can be published on the county website.
