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Council adopts emergency ordinance changing garbage-hauling and occupation taxes
Summary
Fremont's City Council approved Ordinance 5748 as an emergency ordinance, amending Chapters 4 and 14 of the municipal code related to garbage hauling and occupation taxes on haulers; the ordinance was moved to final reading and declared effective immediately.
The Fremont City Council adopted Ordinance 5748 on June 30, amending Chapters 4 and 14 of the Fremont Municipal Code to address garbage-hauling rules and occupation taxes for haulers. Councilmember Jensen moved and Councilmember Vaughan seconded the ordinance; the council suspended the normal reading rules to move the measure to third and final reading the same night and voted to adopt it unanimously.
Mayor Dev Sookram proclaimed Ordinance 5748 to be in full force and effect immediately under the ordinance’s emergency designation. The record lists the ordinance as an "emergency ordinance" on its first reading, the council voted to suspend rules and then approved the ordinance with all present voting yea and Councilmember Marsh absent.
The meeting minutes do not include the text changes to the municipal code nor dollar amounts or rate tables; they record the motion, suspension of rules, final reading and the Mayor's proclamation. The City Clerk read the ordinance for the record.
No public testimony was recorded. The council’s action makes the ordinance effective immediately; implementation and administrative steps will be handled by the City’s relevant departments per standard municipal procedure.
