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Wednesday, October 12,1994, Houston limes-uoumai Page 8A City still working on business tax details By VETO F. ROLEY Staff Writer The Perry City Council decided Tuesday, Oct. 4, that it was going to use the employee method of col lecting the new business license fee. Even though Perry Mayor Jim Worrall and the city council have decided how to collect the taxes, they still have not decided on what the rates will be, saying the rates still had to be worked out. He added that the city expected to lose rev enue from the new system of busi ness taxes. In the current fiscal year, the city budgeted just over $150,000 in business license revenues based on over 1,000 businesses doing busi ness in the city. According to a study done by interim city manager Janice Williams, the city will issue approximately 560 business li censes to firms employing just un der 4,000 people. Williams said, in her study, that the reason for the drop in the num ber of licenses issued was that the new law required a business to ob Mossy Creek festival to be held The third Saturday in October means the fall festival at Mossy Creek is upon us. Mossy Creek will open its doors for the two day event starting Saturday, Oct. 15. The event will last for two days. The Mossy Creek festival is an semi-annual celebration of folk life. Included in the festival will be Appalachian Mountain Music with the Foxfire Boys Band. There will be clogging demonstrations, har monica and hammer dulcimer demonstrations as well. Festival goers can also see a demonstration of primitive rug hooking, carving dough bowls, working angora hair from live rab bits to yearn, wood turning on an old pole lathe, forging balds and making knives, apple cider pressing Book is dedicated to Shaffer Day Those wanting to know the ins and outs of logistic systems might want to obtain a copy of John W. Langford's Logistics, Principles and Applications. The book bears le gacy of Perrian Shaffer Thurman Day, who was a logistics profes sional for 41 years. The new book, published by McGraw-Hill is dedicated to Day, who served as Assistant for Logistics for the U.S. Air Force be fore his death in 1990. "This book is respectfully dedi cated to the memory and logistics genius of Shaffer T. Day," writes Langford in opening of his book. "...The author was privileged to Call 987-2405 To Apply C= Bank South w. Loan availability subject to credit approval Rates subject to change without notice Certain limitations apply Rate requires automatic deduction of monthly payments from Bank South deposit account. ©1994 Bank South Corporation Member FDIC rv // |\ \ _ •• /*C -Jt invites you to our p pi ’’Octoberfest Sale” Unique gifts, home accents, gourmet food, Christmas items and one of a kind floral arrangements 25% to 75% oft selected items 913 Carroll Street Perry, GA 988-8223 Monday through Friday 10-5:30 Saturday 10-5:00 "The Best Kept Secret In Perry " tain a license only in its primary location, and not in every munici pality that the business operates in. Currently, a business located in Perry with operations in Fort Valley has to buy a license in both cities. Under the new law, a busi ness would have to purchase only one license. Worrall said that all the govern ments in Houston County would lose money under the new law be cause of that change, except for Centerville. And, he said, the only reason Centerville would make more money was because of the new Galleria Mall, which will open in early November. Not only will the city be faced with the problem of setting the tax rates, but Worrall said that there were many questions left unan swered by the new state law man dating the change from traditional business licenses. For instance, there is some con fusion in the law about seasonal employees, and how to count them toward a business' total employ ment, said Worrall. Many busi and soap making and hominy cook ing. The festival will feature nation ally acclaimed folk artists and craftsmen. Ernie Mills will demon strate carving working decoys, J. Dunlab will demonstrate handbuild ing fishing rods, Cleater Meaders will demonstrate folk pottery and Bob Evans will do Carving Knobbits. There will also be various story tellers on hand to tell the traditional folk stories, including Larry Leprechaun in the Fantasy Forest. The Mossy Creek festival opens at 10 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, and lasts to 6 p.m. Admission is $4 for adults and $1 for children. The festival has been named one of the best 75 in the nation, and one of the top 20 events in the Southeast. have this distinguished and knowl edgeable gentleman as his boss and mentor... His legacy is a beacon to future achievements in logistics technology." MOVING SALE! Lake Lillian Subdivision 112 Lakeview Terrace Sat., Oct. 15 • 8-? Three Family Furniture, Toys, Odds and Ends nesses, such as farm operations, are seasonal, with many other retail businesses adding extra workers dur ing peak business seasons such as Christmas. Also, many of the larger Perry employers go through periodic layoffs and hire-backs. Worrall also questioned if the new law would produce some nega tives. "I wonder if it could cause an unemployment situation for some people," he said, noting that some businesses might choose not hire someone since it could mean they would have to pay extra taxes. Worrall also said that enforce ment of the new law would be diffi Landfill, from PIA to use the service. If a person is hired to cut down a tree, whether he is paid in cash or in the form of the wood from the trees, Sharp said the person hired to cut the trees is re sponsible for removing the debris. The same applies to contractor work. The contractor is responsible to remove the material, said Sharp. Sharp also said that limbs from the trees must not be larger than four feet long or heavier than 75 pounds. He also said that there could be a problem with stumps. There could also be right-a-way problems. Trash placed too far away from the right-a-way will not be collected, nor will trash placed to THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY ONLY! 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