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Residents press council for accountability on vendor permits as seasonal festival endorsement proposed
Summary
During a Nov. 6 hearing, residents urged the council to tighten oversight and accounting for vendor permits after the administration proposed a seasonal festival endorsement for mobile vendors. Speakers said festival and event vendors have sold goods and used city emblems without transparent permit revenue returning to municipal coffers.
An ordinance to add a seasonal festival endorsement for mobile vendors prompted public comment Nov. 6 focused on enforcement and the city’s collection of permit revenue.
"We're not collecting the revenues from all of these events," Lisa Parker said during the hearing, citing the Latin festival and other events where vendors sold merchandise and alcohol and, she said, the city…
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