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Council asks staff to study tobacco retail license fees after Clovis officer outlines local enforcement model; item tabled to Aug.14
Summary
After hearing from Clovis police on that city's tobacco retail-license program, Fresno councilmembers directed staff to prepare a 45-day fee-analysis study (later scheduled for Aug.14) to estimate costs of administering a citywide tobacco retail licensing program and to consult city attorney's office on enforcement language.
The Fresno City Council on June 12 directed staff to prepare a tobacco-retail licensing fee analysis and to return with a refined enforcement scope, after a presentation from a Corporal from Clovis described that city's licensing and enforcement model.
Background and purpose: Council Member Nelson Esparza introduced the item to request a fee analysis detailing the administrative and enforcement costs of a tobacco retail license program. Council members and staff framed the study as a first step: if the city adopts a licensing program, the license fee must be set to recover the reasonable costs of administration and enforcement under municipal fee rules.
Clovis model: Corporal Sean O'Brien, who oversees Clovis's tobacco retail licensing program,…
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