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Intent to Adopt Changes to Chapter 9, Article 7 - Town Vehicle License Fee.
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EXPLANATION AND SUMMARY:
The Finance Director and Town Attorney have worked with Fairfax County to make necessary ordinance changes and create a memorandum of understanding that would transfer collection of the Town’s vehicle license fee to Fairfax County.
Under State Code section 46.2-752, article 11 of the Town has the authority to collect these fees. However, the data is provided by the County, and the separate bill for a vehicle license fee is confusing to citizens. Under the change requested, Town citizens will get one bill from the County for both County Personal Property Tax and the Town Vehicle License fee. The Town will save approximately $15,000 a year in bill paper and postage savings, and based on the experiences from the Town of Herndon, who started the process 2 years ago, we should expect an increase in fee collection.
The Town held a public hearing on April 9, 2018 to allow citizens public input on the suggested change.
Departmental Recommendation: Recommend Council adopt changes to Chapter 9, Article 7 - Town Vehicle Licenses, to the Town Code as presented.
Finance Recommendation: Recommend Council adopt changes to Chapter 9, Article 7 - Town Vehicle Licenses, to the Town Code as presented.
Purchasing Recommendation: N/A
Town Attorney Recommendation: The Town Council previously conducted a public hearing on the proposed Town Code amendments and the Town Council may approve the adoption of the proposed amendments to Chapter 9, Article 7 in its discretion.
Town Manager's Recommendation: I recommend the Town Council adopt the changes to Chapter 9, Article 7 - Town Vehicle Licenses to the Town Code as presented.
Cost and Financing: N/A
Account Number: N/A
Decision Needed by This date: April 23, 2018
PROPOSED/SUGGESTED MOTION
Recommended Action
"I move to adopt the changes to Chapter 9, Article 7 - Town Vehicle Licenses to the Town Code as presented.
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I further move to direct the Town Clerk to advertise a Notice of Adoption."
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Other action deemed necessary by Council.