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Adelanto council says Measure R will reshape business-license tax, adds about $1 million to general fund
Summary
Council staff told the Nov. 13 meeting that Measure R — approved by voters Nov. 5 — will change Adelanto’s business-license tax to shift burdens away from many small businesses and raise an estimated $1,000,000 annually for the city’s general fund. Implementation begins after election ratification at a future council meeting.
Adelanto’s city manager reported on Nov. 13 that voters approved Measure R on Nov. 5, a change to the city’s business-license tax the city expects will reduce charges for many small businesses while raising roughly $1,000,000 in annual general-fund revenue.
“The City Of Adelanto constituents voted in favor of amending our business license tax … This change is expected to create an additional $1,000,000 in overall income to our city's general fund,” the city manager said during the council meeting.
The manager told the council staff and residents that staff and the city’s business license contractor are preparing communications for local businesses outlining who will see lower annual bills and which larger businesses may pay more under the new structure. He said the ordinance will take effect after the council ratifies the election results at an upcoming meeting.
Nut graf: The council framed the measure as a redistribution of the business-license burden — lowering costs for many small operations while modestly increasing some larger businesses’ payments — and said the measure will provide recurring revenue the city can use for operations and capital projects.
Council members congratulated staff and volunteers for outreach during the campaign and said they will schedule the formal ratification on a future agenda. The city manager did not provide an implementation date beyond the statement that the change would take effect after the election is formally ratified by the council. Details such as which business categories move between brackets and exact per-business amounts were not specified at the Nov. 13 meeting and will be available when staff posts the implementation materials.
Ending: The council moved on to other capital and community updates; staff said they will notify the public when businessespecific impact tables and effective dates are posted.
