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Session 868, Minutes June 19, 1967 Page 2~ DOG BITES - RECO~-~2qDATION - BOARD OF HEALTH: Councilman Lieberman said he spoke to a member of the Board of Health recently and understands they have been discussing the problem of dogs and dog bites and he said he would like to encourage it and believes the Board of Health might be ready to make a recommendation that upon a second bite by any dog that the dog be put away. He said he thinks this is what the Board of Health may recommend to the Council and he would like to ask the City ~nager to request reading from them as to what their latest discussion on this matter was and if such a regulation is being recommmnded by them he would certainly want to know about it so it can be put in its proper form. BUSINESS LICENSE TAX: Councilman Lieberman called attention to a letter dated June 13, 1967, addressed to City Manager Henry from Greensfelder, Hemker, Wiese, Gale and Chappelow, concerning the gross receipts tax on the General In- stallation Company, and Councilman Lieberman said that Mr. ~rk Gale, who signed the letter, makes a good point here. Councilman Lieberman said he checked back into his file and found a notation from July, 1966 from City Counselor Morris to the City Manager concerning the Business License Committee - obviously there is a Business License Committee on this - and the City Counselor states in this notation that the Business License Committee is not in a position to move ahead because Councilman Bamburg and Councilman Tandler (former Councilman) constituted the mem- bership (Councilman Tandler had resigned) and when this was brought up on August 1st Mayor Kaufman appointed Councilman Lieberman and Council- man Bamburg to this Business License Committee. He said he wonders in connection with the letter from Mr. Gale whether or not it would be ad- visable to reactivate the Business License Com~ittee of the Council - whether it would be in order at this time. Councilman Bamburg said he would like to have reaction to that letter by the City and he added that what Mr. Gale said in the letter makes good sense to him. City ~nager Henry said he has asked City Counselor Morris and Mr. Ellman, Director of Finance, for their position, and he said that he doesn't react quite the same way as Councilman Bamburg or Councilman Lieberman. He reviewed the matter, pointing out these people have their headquarters here - their business is here - and apparently what the City of St. Louis is doing - when they come to do some work in the City of St. Louis, not only are they charged for a building permit, but they are also charged a gross receipts tax for the cost of the building they are working on which is fairly excessive. Discussion followed~ Councilman Bamburg suggested that the City l,~nager and fir. Ellman respond to Mr. Gale's letter. Councilman Epstein said she would like to ask City Counselor Morris and Mr. Ellman to include in their report what the tax would be if they operated in St. Louis. City Manager Henry explained that the entire question of the business licensing tax is a problem from start to finish and hopefully the State Legislature will rationalize it somewhat; they have an important bill in the mill on this. Councilman Lieberman said he would like clarification of the mechanics: