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Council tables new mobile‑food fee schedule after farmers market and vendors raise concerns
Summary
The council deferred a proposal to replace existing market contracts with a $100 annual mobile‑food and peddler permit after farmers market organizers and vendors said the change could increase costs for small farmers; staff said the fee was intended to be rationally related to city processing work and the item will return with more information.
The Common Council tabled a proposed mobile‑food and peddling fee schedule after market organizers and individual vendors raised concerns that the new rules could impose higher costs on farmers and small sellers.
City staff told the council the proposal would replace the prior $1,000 farmers‑market tenancy arrangement with a registration system in which vendors and peddlers pay an annual $100 fee; staff…
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