Business licence fees frozen
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By Matthew Hoekstra - Richmond Review
Published: October 28, 2009 9:00 AM
Updated: October 28, 2009 9:55 AM
Updated: October 28, 2009 9:55 AM
City council has frozen licence fees for local businesses.
On Monday, councillors Derek Dang, Evelina Halsey-Brandt, Greg Halsey-Brandt, Ken Johnston and Bill McNulty voted against a plan to hike business licence fees this year.
City staff had proposed a two per cent increase to keep up with inflation, but opponents suggested businesses get a break in light of the flagging economy.
Couns. Linda Barnes, Sue Halsey-Brandt and Harold Steves, along with Mayor Malcolm Brodie, voted in favour of the increases.
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