HomeMy WebLinkAbout18-036 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2018/02/20RESOLUTION NO. 18-036
RESOLUTION SUSPENDING COLLECTION OF THE
LOCAL GAMBLING TAX
WHEREAS, St. Louis Park City Code Section 15-9 requires that charitable gambling
organizations operating in the City pay a tax to the City; and
WHEREAS, the tax can only be collected to the extent it is used to regulate gambling
activities within the City; and
WHEREAS, the balance collected and unexpended for regulating gambling activities must
be refunded to the charitable organizations as required by the State Gambling Control Board; and
WHEREAS, further collection of the tax is not allowed unless it is to be used for the sole
purpose of regulating gambling activities within the City; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that collection of the lawful gambling tax is
hereby temporarily suspended effective for the filing periods due beginning in February 2018.
IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED that a request for an amendment to City Code
will be forthcoming.
Manager
Attest:
4issnnedy lerk
Adopted by the City Council February 20, 2018