TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Sheriff-Coroner
MEETING DATE: March 21, 2017
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Thomas D. Allman
PHONE:
463-4085
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Exemption to the Mendocino County Sheriff-Coroner Office from Mendocino County Code 6.0 "Business Licenses and Regulations" and Ordinance No. 4200, Which Requires All Persons Who are Transacting and Carrying on Business in the Unincorporated Territory of Mendocino County to Obtain a Mendocino County Business License
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve exemption to the Mendocino County Sheriff-Coroner office from Mendocino County Code 6.0 "Business Licenses and Regulations" and Ordinance No. 4200 which requires all persons who are transacting and carrying on business in the unincorporated territory of Mendocino County to obtain a Mendocino County Business License.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
None
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
In August of 2016, County Departments/Offices received an email from the Mendocino County Executive Office which served as an immediate notice that County Departments/Offices will implement procedures that comply with the Mendocino County Code 6.0 and Ordinance 4200 to "ensure that any person or business you are engaging with on behalf of the County (i.e. contracts, permits, etc.) possess a valid County of Mendocino business license prior to transacting any said business." The Sheriff-Coroner Office has strived to comply with this request, however, it has been found to be a barrier for many contractors providing services to the Inmate Services programs and for large multi-national companies the Office contracts with for law enforcement purposes. In fact, a recent vital public safety service has been lost due to the fact the multi-national company will not comply with the Mendocino County Ordinance. This company indicated that in their experience, no other county in the nat...
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