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Local business owner raises concern about large business-license fee increase; staff to follow up
Summary
A Clearfield small-business owner told council their city business-license fee jumped from about $5.60 to roughly $2,900 annually, and said police-visit counts used to calculate fees did not match their records. Staff directed the owner to meet with Community Development Director Stacy Milgate for more information and possible rectification.
A Clearfield business owner told the City Council that their annual business-license fee rose sharply and asked the city to review the charge.
The owner said the fee increased from about $5.60 to roughly $2,900 a year and said they were told the rise resulted from a formula including the number of police visits. The owner said they reviewed police-department records for the years they had owned the business and found an average of fewer than five police visits per year, while the fee calculation used 11.5 visits per year. "I'm not looking for answers today," the owner said, "but I'm just looking to kind of state my case here."
Council directed the owner to meet with Community Development Director Stacy Milgate for detailed records and a potential correction. Stacy Milgate was identified in the meeting as the city's community development director; staff said they would put the owner in contact with her and that, "If there's something to rectify, then we can absolutely do that." No formal action was taken by the council during the meeting.
