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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-05-06; City Council; 19424; Refund to Accor North America for business taxCITY OF CARLSBAD -AGENDA BILL AB# 19,424 MTG. 5/6/08 DEPT. FIN REFUND TO ACCOR NORTH AMERICA — MOTEL 6 #471 FOR BUSINESS LICENSE TAX DEPT. HEAD 33 , CITY ATTY. &^ CITY MGR. (y RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 2008-129 America - Motel 6 #471 of $835. ITEM EXPLANATION: authorizing a refund of business license tax to Accor North Accor North America - Motel 6 #471 made a duplicate payment for their 2008 business license tax. The Finance Department audited the account, verifying the duplicate payment and ensuring compliance with all other business license policies. Section 5.04.130 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code requires Council approval of any refund in excess of $500. Therefore, staff is recommending approval of a refund to Accor North America -Motel 6 #471 of $835. FISCAL IMPACT: The payment will result in $835 in refunds. There is no true fiscal impact, as the payment was in error. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15378, this does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of CEQA and, therefore, does not require an environmental review. EXHIBITS: 1. Resolution No. 2008-129 authorizing a refund of business license tax to Accor North America - Motel 6 #471. DEPARTMENT CONTACT: Colette Wengenroth 760-602-2430 cweng@ci.carlsbad.ca.us FOR CITY CLERKS USE ONLY. COUNCIL ACTION: APPROVED DENIED CONTINUED WITHDRAWN AMENDED ^a D D D CONTINUED TO DATE SPECIFIC CONTINUED TO DATE UNKNOWN RETURNED TO STAFF OTHER -SEE MINUTES D Da a 1 RESOLUTION NO. 2008-129 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, REFUNDING BUSINESS 3 LICENSE TAX PAYMENT TO ACCOR NORTH AMERICA - 4 MOTEL 6 #471 . 5 WHEREAS, Accor North America - Motel 6 #471 made a duplicate payment for 6 their business license taxes to the City of Carlsbad; and 7 WHEREAS, the Finance Department confirmed the duplicate payment by Accor 8 North America - Motel 6 #471 and verified the refund amount. 10 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of 11 Carlsbad, California, as follows: 12 1 . That the above recitations are true and correct. 2. That a refund of business license tax of $835 to Accor North America - 14 Motel 6 #471 is authorized. 15 16 17 18 " 19 20 // .21 // 22 // 24 25 26 27 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 6th day of May, 2008, by the following vote to wit: AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Hall, Packard and Nygaard. NOES: None. ABSENT: None.