TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, City Manager
FROM:
Onyx Jones, Interim Finance Director
Libby Bretthauer, Financial Services Manager
Emy-Rose Hanna, Revenue Services Supervisor
SUBJECT:Title
Presentation of 2024 Recognition Awards for Longstanding Local Businesses (No Budget Impact) (Interim Finance Director Jones).
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council recognize businesses that have been providing longstanding business operations and services to the community for a number of years.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Sufficient funding is available in the Finance Department budget for the plaques, recognition awards, certificates and related supplies.
BACKGROUND:
City Council established an award program to recognize and applaud longstanding businesses that have continuously maintained a commercially-zoned premise providing services to our community for many years.
On May 1, 2018, City Council updated the Longstanding Business Award Program by identifying five incremental milestones recognizing 10, 25, 30, 40, and 50 years of continuous service.
On September 9, 2021, City Council directed staff to expand the Program by including additional milestone years (5, 15 and 20 years) to the Longstanding Local Business Award Program.
Based on the historical changes to the award program, the City now recognizes eight (8) incremental milestones with 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, and 50 years of continuous service in the community.
As further background, the requirements of the award program include the following criteria:
1. The business must be located in a commercially-zoned premise.
2. The business must be in good standing and current on their business license taxes.
3. The business does not fall in an excluded business category (Out of town, living area, PO Box, Condo Association and out of town contractors and subcontractors).
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