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To: City Council
From: BessieJo Wagner, City Clerk
CC: Anette Spickard, City Manager
Date: 1/3/22
Re: Monthly Department Report – December 2021
Local Option Tax (LOT):
The FY22 LOT revenue reports are attached. Receipts are higher than average and budget. It is starting out to be another good revenue year for LOT.
Licenses and Permits:
Licenses for Fiscal Year 2022:
Business – There were 12 new applications approved this last month; 2 licenses currently pending; 0 denied; 0 transfer of ownership; total of 30 issued in the current fiscal year. Of
the business licenses received to date, 11 are vacation rentals, 0 are a bed and breakfast, and 0 are vacation property manager companies. Education and enforcement are a continuous
process.
Alcohol – There have been 0 new applications approved; 0 pending renewal or new applications; 0 licenses closed; total of 44 approved holders are operating currently.
Permits Processed to Date for Fiscal Year 2022: Alcohol Catering permits (14); Total Vendor permits (4) including Farmers Market permit (0); Fireworks Display (0) Fireworks Stands (0);
Animal Drawn Vehicle Permits (0); Public Events (0); Peddlers permits (1) Food Trucks (0) – Numbers reflect permits issued since October 2021.
As a reminder, anytime alcohol is served to the public in any way including self-serve or wine/beer sampling, it must be served by a State licensed entity, or it is considered a violation
of the City open container law and a misdemeanor charge can be issued. An alcohol catering permit is required any time a business wants to serve alcohol to their clients or for an event.
Under Idaho Statue 23, only restaurants and bars are allowed to serve with some exceptions. McCall City Code Title 5 Subchapter A 5.5.030f prohibits open container alcohol beverages
in motor vehicles, public streets or alley or other public property, and in or on private property open to the public, and in possession without permission of the owner, and not in
or on premises for which a liquor license for sale of that beverage by the drink has been issued, such as in a parking lot.
Short-Term Rental Code Compliance:
Staff is working in coordination with the City Planner in conducting ongoing compliancy enforcement. A new webpage designed specifically to assist short term rental owners is now live.
The page offers a Q&A section with common questions, required forms, pertinent links, and a complaint form. Check out the new page at the link below:
https://www.mccall.id.us/ShortTermRental
Staff is working with GIS to provide a user-friendly map to assist rental owners with locating their neighbors for meeting the requirement of the Declaration of Compliance form and possibly
offer other useful features as it evolves.
Records Retention:
Staff continues its work with making public records more accessible through the Laserfiche software. City wide trainings have begun so that all staff knows their role when it comes to
records retention.
Business Code Revisions:
Staff is working with Community and Economic Development on business code revisions related to short-term rentals, food trucks and public events.
Staff Updates
Sarah Edson has been promoted to Deputy City Clerk. Lori Watkins has been hired to fill the vacated Clerk Services Specialist (Front Desk) position.