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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2024-067 City of Atascadero Resolution No. 2024-067 Page 1 of 2 RESOLUTION 2024-067 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ATASCADERO AUTHORIZING EXAMINATION OF SALES OR TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAXES RECORDS WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 672 (formally Ordinance No. 581) of the City of Atascadero (City), Revenue and Taxation Code section 7270, the City entered into a contract with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) to perform all functions incident to the administration and collection of transactions and use taxes; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Atascadero deems it desirable and necessary for authorized officers, employees and representatives of the City to examine confidential sales or transactions and use tax records of the CDTFA pertaining to transactions and use taxes collected by the CDTFA for the City pursuant to that contract; and WHEREAS, Section 7056 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code sets forth certain requirements and conditions for the disclosure of CDTFA records, and Section 7056.5 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code establishes criminal penalties for the unlawful disclosure of information contained in, or derived from, the sales or transactions and use tax records of the CDTFA; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Atascadero: SECTION 1. That the City Manager and the Administrative Services Director, or other officer or employee of the City designated in writing by the City Manager to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration is hereby appointed to represent the City with authority to examine sales or transactions and use tax records of the CDTFA pertaining to transactions and use taxes collected for the City by the CDTFA pursuant to the contract between the City and the CDTFA. SECTION 2. The information obtained by examination of CDTFA records shall be used only for purposes related to the collection of City transactions and use taxes by the CDTFA pursuant to that contract, and for purposes related to the following governmental functions of the City: (a) City Administration (b) Revenue Management and Budgeting (c) Community and Economic Development (d) Business License Tax Administration (e) Financial Management The information obtained by examination of CDTFA records shall be used only for those governmental functions of the City listed above. SECTION 3. That Hinderliter, de Llamas & Associates DBA HdL Companies is hereby designated to examine the sales or transactions and use tax records of the CDTFA pertaining to transactions and use taxes collected for the City by the CDTFA. The person or entity designated by this City of Atascadero Resolution No. 2024-067 Page 2 of 2 section meets all of the following conditions, which are also included in the contract between the City and HdL Companies: a) has an existing contract with the City to examine those sales or transactions and use tax records; b) is required by that contract to disclose information contained in, or derived from, those sales or transactions and use tax records only to the officer or employee authorized under Section 1 of this resolution to examine the information. c) is prohibited by that contract from performing consulting services for a retailer during the term of that contract; d) is prohibited by that contract from retaining the information contained in, or derived from those sales or transactions and use tax records, after that contract has expired. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the information obtained by examination of CDTFA records shall be used only for purposes related to the collection of City transactions and use taxes by the CDTFA pursuant to the contract between the City and the CDTFA and for those purposes relating to the governmental functions of the City listed in Section 2 of this resolution. INTRODUCED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 10th day of December, 2024. On motion by Council Member Bourbeau and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Funk the foregoing Resolution is hereby adopted in its entirety on the following roll call vote: AYES: Council Member Bourbeau, Dariz, Newsom, Mayor Pro Tem Funk, Mayor Moreno NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE ABSTAIN: NONE CITY OF ATASCADERO Heather Moreno, Mayor ATTEST: Lara K. Christensen, City Clerk