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364 City Clerk - Account No. 420 (continued) It was requested that an addition to the "Program Mission statement relating to the Clerk' s office be written to reflect the considerable amount of time that •m office must devote to meeting requirements of the State with regard to statements of Council members and candi- dates concerning campaign expenses and disclosure of assets as well as to storing those documents. Account No. 420 was approved as submitted, with the re- quested addition to the Program Mission. City Treasurer - Account No. 421 (pp. 20-21) Discussion commenced concerning revenues derived from the business license tax and the equity of the method of determining the tax. MOTION: Councilman Norris moved that the business li- cense tax be researched by staff and information pro- vided to Council before adoption of the Budget regarding other alternatives that could be used in assessing the tax--for example, a tax on gross receipts. The motion failed for lack of a second. MOTION: Councilman Norris moved, seconded by Councilman Rhodes, that the subject of an admission tax be referred to staff for research and consideration and that a report be provided to Council before adoption of the budget. Lengthy discussion followed and Council and citizens commented concerning the possible risks involved in adding an admission tax to ticket costs; whether it would be possible to do adequate research in the period before budget adoption is scheduled ; the inconsistency among cities with regard to imposition of an admission tax; the fact that in many cases admission tax would be paid by transients and might cover some of the costs of their use of City services and facilities; the fact that busi- nesses which might be required to charge an admission tax are already taxed for a license and on the basis of property ownership and sales; the fact that such busi- nesses employ many citizens; whether or not an admission tax would be advisable at this time; and whether it might not be a better approach for all cities to pursue the matter of additional revenue sources through the League of California Cities rather than on a piecemeal, city by city, basis. The motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. Approval of Account No. 421 will be withheld pending Now receipt of the report from staff regarding an admission tax. book (Council recessed from 12 :22 to 2 :00 p.m. ) -6- Budget Study 5/10/75