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Council approves agenda, excuses absent member and adopts business-license ordinance
Summary
At a regular Glendale City Council meeting the council approved the agenda and consent agenda, voted to excuse an absent council member, and adopted Ordinance 15.48 to raise the business-license exemption threshold from $2,000 to $4,000, as required by recent state changes.
Glendale City Council approved the meeting agenda, voted to excuse an absent council member and adopted Ordinance 15.48, which updates the local business-license threshold to match a change in state law.
The council voted to excuse Councilmember Lauren Meager, who had notified the council she was out of town. The motion carried with four votes in favor and two opposed; one council member was recorded absent. Mayor (unnamed) presided over the vote.
The council then approved the evening's agenda and consent agenda by voice vote.
Later in the meeting the council adopted Ordinance 15.48, amending GMC 5.04 to change the business-license exemption threshold from $2,000 to $4,000 a year to conform with a recent change by the Washington State Legislature. The ordinance was adopted after a motion to waive a second reading and passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition.
Votes (summarized): - Motion to excuse Councilmember Lauren Meager: outcome approved; recorded as 4 yes, 2 no, 0 abstain, 1 absent. Mover/second: not specified in record. - Motion to approve the agenda and consent agenda: outcome approved by voice vote; detailed mover/second not specified. - Ordinance 15.48 (amending GMC 5.04 business license threshold from $2,000 to $4,000 and waiving second reading): outcome adopted; mover/second not specified.
The ordinance change takes effect under the city's adoption of state licensing thresholds and will affect small sellers who make under $4,000 annually: they will be exempt from the city business-license requirement unless they operate a storefront, which still requires a license regardless of revenue.
No future effective date for the ordinance was specified in the meeting record.
Ending: The council moved on to department reports after the ordinance vote.
