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Hearing set for April 24 for late business-license fees; Dr. Gina Geisler seeks waiver
Summary
Dr. Gina Geisler asked the board to waive $2,600 in late business-license fees for her hearing center; she offered to pay $1,320 and explained the center operated under her father's practice until his 2022 retirement. The board set the matter for April 24, 2025, after discussing possible single late-fee options.
Dr. Gina Geisler appeared before the Hammond Board of Public Works and Safety on April 10 seeking waiver of $2,600 in late business-license fees so she could obtain a separate license for her hearing center.
Geisler told the board she had operated in Hammond under her father's practice and only recently needed a separate Hammond business license after he retired in 2022. She said she would pay $1,320 (the board characterized this as the current license amount) but asked that the $2,600 in additional late fees be waived. City staff described the office arrangements: Geisler worked alongside her father in Hammond and also maintained a separate Munster office; the Hammond location displayed both names and shared staff, phone and billing systems with her father's practice.
Staff recommended treating the Hammond center and the family practice as separate enterprises for licensing purposes and proposed accepting registration back to 2016 but imposing a single late fee for the period without registration rather than multiple years of penalties. The board discussed the details and agreed to set the matter for further action; a motion to set the hearing for April 24, 2025 passed on a voice vote.
The board did not enter a final decision on the requested wholesale waiver at the April 10 meeting; staff outlined the documentation and renewal process and said the license must be obtained within a specified period to avoid a return to the board.
