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Council sets schedule for informational hearings on wheel tax; formal adoption requires further steps
Summary
Council agreed to poll members and tentatively set a first public hearing/reading on Thursday the 13th (with required notice) to begin the wheel-tax process; clerks and staff explained statutory notice requirements (10 days) and the two-reading process before any adoption vote.
Clerk and council staff walked members through the statutory mechanics for placing a wheel tax on the schedule. The clerk explained that to enact a wheel tax in time for next year's registration the council must hold at least two meetings with required public notice: an initial hearing/first reading followed by a second hearing and then a vote at a regular meeting, with the timeline constrained by a September 1 (or similar statutory) deadline.
"The wheel tax to be put in place for next year has to be passed before September 1," the clerk explained, noting that notice and spacing of hearings (approximately 10 days apart) are required. Council members agreed to schedule a first hearing on Thursday the 13th at 6 p.m. as the earliest feasible date and to poll members to confirm availability; the council emphasized these would be informational hearings and that no adoption would occur at the workshop. Staff will publish required notices and confirm precise dates and any additional procedural steps with legal counsel or the auditor as needed.
No ordinance was read or adopted at the workshop; the council treated the scheduling as a procedural step toward public hearings and deferred any substantive vote to a later meeting after staff provides detailed revenue and impact information.
