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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
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Those wanting to know the ins
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Day, who was a logistics profes
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The new book, published by
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who served as Assistant for
Logistics for the U.S. Air Force be
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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
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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
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to use the service. If a person is
hired to cut down a tree, whether he
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wood from the trees, Sharp said the
person hired to cut the trees is re
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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
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cult, since the city would rely on
the businesses to accurately report
the number of employees they had.
Currently, each business in the city
has to purchase a business license;
but, with the flat fee, enforcement
is fairly easy, acknowledged
Worrall.
Worrall said the new state law
provided that the current city en
forcement officer would be respon
sible for monitoring compliance
with the new law. However, the
current city enforcement officer's
duties are to enforce building codes,
he said.
close to an obstacle. However,
Sharp did say that in the case of a
deep ditch, or some other problem
with the right-a-way, the city would
still pick up trash if they could
reach it while parked on the right
of-way.
Sharp said for cardboard boxes to
be picked up, they must be col
lapsed, bundled and placed with the
mobile toter. And, he said tires
were not acceptable for roadside col
lection.
Residents whose trash is not col
lected will be told why through a
form placed on their door, said
Sharp.
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