The Brentwood City Council will look to approve a policy that will reduce the financial burden of a Business License Tax for Special Events at its upcoming City Council meeting on Tuesday.
Under Brentwood’s current policy, the city requires an event promoter to obtain a license as well as each of the vendors participating in the event.
Citing community events as a community benefit, the Economic Development Initiative Ad Hoc Committee (Mayor Bob Taylor and Vice Mayor Joel Bryant) looked at ways to streamline the business license process and provide greater equity.
They proposed the following change to the Special Event –Umbrella Business Licenses:
For a period of thirty-six months:
Promoter:
- Non-Profit – $0
- Profit – $100 per event
Vendor Booth costs to ALL Promoters
- Open 4 hours or less: $0
Open over 4 hours with 5 or fewer booths: $4 per event/per booth - Open over 4 hours with over 5 booths: $10 per event/per booth
According to the Staff Report, only the promoter will receive a business license certificate and the vendors will be included on the promoter’s certificate by virtue of the master list of vendors given to the City by the promoter.
After the thirty-six month period has passed, beginning February 1, 2017, the $5 per event/per booth cost will be increased to $10 per event/per booth and the $10 per event/per booth cost will increase to $25 per event/per booth.
The goal in the policy is to attract additional high quality successful events to Brentwood and promote the associated economic development with such events.
The policy change will cause a reduction in revenue during the first three years of just $5,270 per year and in the following years of $3,520 per year.
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The mayor and city council has ruined it for special events in Brentwood. They ruined the Corn Fest by building a palace for city hall. Never trust anyone who would spend taxpayers money so they can work in a palace. And a useless parking garage next door.
If the event is good and there is good foot traffic, people will pay more than the rates shown in this article. Events are terrible in Brentwood because there City Council is doing a terrible job at making it better for people. This is a good policy to have, but they have a long way to go to ensuring the community is better off.
Another brilliant move by Blob Taylor. If he thinks this is a way of attracting quality events, he is mistaken. He should stick to wearing a turkey suit.
That’s what we will call city hall, Blob Hall. I like it B-wood.
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