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up to 20 percent of the cost of their annual ‘liquor _licerice.

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_. local hotel and motel owners’ industry, and ‘therefore: but this idea was soon drdpped. _ the cost of the licence would oni- how the money, is spent. This. association. . presumably: the businesses pay- Under the Municipal Act, ly raise a few. hundred dollars 2 could’ cost more ‘in adminstra: °° . So ing the tax, it may be of more’ municipalities can tax liquor ‘year and it wouldn’t be.worth tion than. it” would raise’ in eee ~The source of income recom- value hotels and motels outside . establishments for ah amount of the effort. In addition to this, he Tevenue. ” : a mended by the Finartce Commit- of the community. Those ouside =~ ; ; . i = - tee is a two percent hotel room of’ Terrace wouldn’t have to pay Se 7 a a 'E tax, If the idea is implemented the tax and may be able tosell ~— Cit a r T f mo . . it’s expected tg raise around their services to more peopleata = . ; B $70,000 annually which would lower coast than in town, Final- i y won po ice pro e€ssio na s 7 be spent on further promoting ly, a number_ of out-of-town : : : the tourism industry in Terrace. businessmen and ‘promoters use . . qq The two percent tax is the max- local hotels and the question of TERRACE —.City council has at the committee level it was ment on the province’s behalf. “ ‘imum permissable under the what-effect the tax might have found it necessary to decline a pointed out that the city’s Senior building/licence in- 1 Municipal Act and would be on economic development was request from the Hair Dressers’ business licence department has spector Bob Lafleur says that in } paid in addition to the eight per- questioned. Association of B.C. to monitor a limited staff and it’s. not possi- Terrace the city requests confir- q cent hotel room tax already be- . business licences to determine if ble for them to police all provin- mation of - professional : ing collected by the province. The bottom line is that thecity hairdressers are in fact-licenced cial and federal licencing regula- qualifications prior to issuing a ; ’ There are some problems yet needs the money if itis going to . with the association, According tions. It was also noted that the _ business licence but any policing : to be solved, though, and some.-promote tourism. . Alderman to the association, hair dressers position held at last year’s over and above this initial re- : "of these were brought out during Danny Sheridan feels that an are required. under the Hair Business Licence Inspectors’ quest is impossible with the cur- He a discussion by council. First, alternate tax is the only way the Dresser Act to be licenced but convention was that profes- rent level of staffing. Council’s ‘9 they must determine how much needed money can beraised, and there is concern that someone sional licences are a provincial decision, therefore, is that pro- j 7 local hotels and motels are. ahotel roomtaxmaybetheonly may get a. business licence requirement and therefore the fessional associations should + already spending on tourism one available to the city. “There without. first .obtaining the ‘province should either provide either police their own or lobby ' § promotion, after which they are 33 to 40 other forms of taxa- mecessary association licence. their own inspectors or compen- the provincial or federal govern- _ f would have to decide how the tion,’® said Sheridan, “but it . Duringdiscussionofthistopic sate municipalities for enforce- ments for assistance. | __‘Where ToFind It’ | . f F . . 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