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Council increases business-license fee, advances salary ordinance changes and approves item removal from agenda
Summary
Council approved a $25 increase to the city business-license fee and approved amendments to the salary ordinance (including consolidating two part-time positions into one full-time role); it also removed ordinance 20 26-14 from the evening's agenda upon motion.
Councilors approved an increase of $25 to the city business-license fee, raising the amount after noting the long-ago original fee was 50 cents. The council also advanced amendments to the 2026 salary ordinance (ordinance 20 26-12), including consolidating two part-time positions into a single full-time position in a city department to meet new federal reporting and workload requirements.
“We raised it $25 to obtain a business license in the city,” Councilman (speaker 7) said during the business-license discussion. The council then voted to remove ordinance 20 26-14 from the agenda at a council member's request and proceeded with votes on salary and license items as amended.
