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Council discusses draft ordinance chapters on peddlers; members seek background-check and waiver clarifications
Summary
Council discussed redlined ordinance chapters 110—117, expressed interest in retaining background checks for peddler permits (to be run by private firms), limiting fee waivers to the city manager rather than a designee, and clarifying permit frequency and processing timelines.
Council opened discussion on proposed revisions to city ordinances (chapters 110 through 117), with interim city manager Steve Norwood noting the red-line draft still needs review and legal vetting. Council members asked staff to preserve background checks for peddler permits, to clarify who runs and reviews those checks, and to limit fee-waiver authority to the city manager rather than to a designee.
"If we do the background checks, I'm just curious, who's gonna review that and ... who would run the background checks?" a council member asked. Norwood said private firms commonly perform the checks and that the police department should be kept informed because it will be responsible for enforcement. Staff and council also discussed permit-processing timelines (staff noted it can take up to three days to process a permit) and asked staff to tighten language on the number of times a peddler can operate per year.
Council requested edits and asked that specific sections be returned after attorney review for final consideration.
