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Board raises enforcement, data and administration concerns for any new business-license system
Summary
Members flagged practical issues: enforcement capacity for itinerant vendors and delivery drivers, staff workload for a complex code, and vendor HDL’s role in processing vs enforcement; Rachel urged not to adopt rules the city cannot enforce.
Several members emphasized that any new structure must be practical to administer and enforce. Colette confirmed HDL handles compliance processing but that some enforcement and customer-service tasks still fall to city staff. One member summarized a Fairfield practice: after complaints using HDL for enforcement, the city resumed enforcement in-house.
Rachel cautioned against rules the city could not enforce, saying, “If we can't enforce it, then we should just not have it in our code, basically.” Members agreed the fiscal analysis should include administrative costs and that staff should model both revenue and ongoing enforcement burden when comparing options.
