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Rome vendor permit schedule draws calls for change from local business owner
Summary
A Rome business owner urged the Common Council to change the city's peddler-permit timing and fees, arguing the current calendar-year and July'December 6-month options shortchange seasonal vendors. Councilors said staff will review the permit schedule ahead of a follow-up committee meeting.
Sarita Ruiz, a Rome business owner, told the Rome Common Council on April 24 that the city's vendor (peddler) permit schedule and fees disadvantage seasonal vendors and asked the council to amend the six-month permit term to May through October and reduce the six-month fee to $100.
Ruiz said the current process requires proof of insurance, workers'comp and disability forms, health permits for food vendors, references, a background check and an application fee of $50 due at submission; the remainder of the fee is due upon approval. She told the council Rome issues about 16 peddler permits a year, generating roughly $3,000 in revenue, and said the paperwork warns the process…
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