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Blythewood to consider business-license class schedule update; staff to provide examples and privacy-redacted reports

5671253 · August 25, 2025

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Summary

Town administrator told council a proposal to update the business-license class schedule will return for discussion in September; staff said third‑party compliance reports exist but detailed revenue data may be redacted under state statute.

Interim Town Administrator Mr. Driggers told the Blythewood Town Council on Aug. 25 that the town will bring an amendment to the business license ordinance to update the class schedule, likely for discussion at the Sept. 8 workshop or the September council meeting.

Driggers said the class schedule update is routine (about every two years) and that changes to class schedules can raise or lower individual businesses’ license fees even when gross revenues remain the same. He told council he will provide examples (by business type, not by name) so members can see potential impacts on local businesses.

Council members also discussed the town’s third‑party contractor that identifies unlicensed businesses. Mr. Driggers said the contractor has captured many contractors and businesses (including overnight and school contractors) and that the town can request quarterly or other periodic reports about the contractor’s effectiveness. The administrator cautioned that state law forbids public disclosure of detailed business revenue and fee information, so the town would likely provide redacted or summarized reports rather than line‑by‑line revenue disclosures.

Driggers said staff would prepare the ordinance amendment and run examples of how the new class schedule would affect representative business types. The council directed staff to bring the amendment and supporting examples for public discussion; no final action was taken on Aug. 25.

Provenance: Topic introduced when the administrator discussed the upcoming business-license class schedule update (transcript block starting ~1371.32) and concluded after discussion of third‑party reporting and redaction requirements (transcript block ending ~1553.65).