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Council suspends rules and amends business-license ordinance to address liens and revocation process
Summary
The council unanimously suspended the rules to consider and adopted an amendment to Ordinance 20‑13‑03 affecting business licensing: licenses would be withheld if a lien exists on property, language on collection outside city limits was removed, and revocation procedures were updated.
The Priceville City Council voted to suspend the rules and approve an amendment to its business-license ordinance (Ordinance 20‑13‑03). The mayor introduced the change and explained the principal revisions.
The amendment clarifies that a business license application may not be approved if the property has an outstanding lien that has not been paid. The ordinance language was also updated to remove authority the transcript described as previously allowing collection of fees or enforcement “outside city limits,” which the mayor noted is not permitted, and to streamline procedures for revoking a license.
A council member who reviewed the changes said the revision also cleans up procedural provisions for anyone proposed to have a license revoked. The council moved, seconded and—after a unanimous vote to suspend the rules—approved the ordinance amendment.
The meeting record does not show that the council amended the ordinance’s substantive dollar thresholds or added new penalties; the change focuses on administrative clarity about liens, geographic limits of enforcement, and revocation process. The amendment was passed under suspension of the rules, which requires unanimity to consider the ordinance at the same meeting.
