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..j 1 1. TUESDAY JANUARY 22, 1985 contract work performed outside the City's corporate limits, this feature having been first - authorized by Council on June 23, 1964, and continued into the revised 1983 License Tax Ordinance. Supporting the substitute draft (i.e., containing the exemption provision) were Mr. Richard A. Prillaman, President of Prillaman & Pace, Inc., and Mr. Earle W. Greene, President of Earle Greene Associates, who maintained that without this exemption and/or exclusion local contractors would be placed in a non-competitive position relating to "outside" contract bids and/or work when competing \vith contractors in jurisdictions which impose no gross receipts license tax. Mr. J. Ronnie Minter, Commissioner of the - Revenue, however, noting that in preparing the City's 1983 License Tax Ordinance (on which Mr. Prillaman was consulted as to the impending-and-mandated "roll-back" in local license tax rates for contractors) Mr. Prillaman was informed of the eventual elimination of the heretofore "outside" gross receipts exclusion or exemption once the "roll-back" to the mandated ceiling for contractors was completed, urged Council to eliminate the exclusion feature. Mr. Minter further noted that, if given a choice between the proposed 16i rate (with an exclusion), which rate would comply with the State-mandated ceiling rate for contractors, and a lesser rate with no exclusion provision, he would prefer the lesser rate as previously suggested by Councilman Oakes. Mr. Minter, too, in response to an in- quiry, indicated that it is not likely that he could at this time determine the effect upon the City's license tax revenue from contractors from either the "roll-back" to 16i or a lesser rate, whichever Council might adopt. On motion by Councilman Oakes, seconded by - Councilman Williams, the rate of 10i (per one hundred dollars of gross receipts, with no exclusion) for contractors was adopted by a vote of three-to-one (Mayor Cole voting "No"; and Councilman Groden abstaining because of business association with Mr. Greene in other than contracting activities). A motion, duly seconded, to adopt the entire amending ordinance, as introduced, and as amended by the foregoing action, was unanimously carried. The amending ordinance, as adopted, follows: