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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 144-97 Exam Sales/Use TaxRESOLUTION NO. 144 - 97 A RESOLUTION OF ~ CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN AUTHORIZING EXAMINATION OF SALES AND USE TAX RECORDS AND CONSOLIDATING RESOLUTION NO.'s 27-82 AND 93-89 WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 8-82, the City of Dublin entered into a contract with the State Board of Equalization (SBOE) to perform all functions relating to the administration and collection oflocal sales and use taxes; and WHEREAS, the City council adopted resolution 27-82, which authorized the City Manager and designated employees with the authorization to examine confidential sales tax records; and WHEREAS, In 1989, the City Council amended the 1982 resolution by adopting Resolution No. 93-89, which also authorized the firm of I-rmderliter de Llamas and Associates to represent the City of Dublin in matters related to the investigation of SBOE records and reports; and WHEREAS, the SBOE has advised the City that the format of previous resolutions excluded language required by statute for independent contractors to act on behalf of the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Dublin deems it desirable and necessary for authorized representatives of the City to examine confidential sales and use tax records of the State Board of Equalization pertaining to sales and use taxes collected by SBOE for the City pursuant to its contract; and WHEREAS, Section 7056 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code sets forth certain requirements and conditions for the disclosure of SBOE records, and establishes criminal penalties for the unlawful disclosure of information contained in, or derived from, the sales and use tax records of the Board; WHEREAS, the format of this resolution shall meet the requirements of SBOE and will consolidate actions taken in previous resolutions. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Dublin does hereby resolve as follows: Section 1. That the City Manager, or other officer or employee of the City, as designated in writing by the City Manager to the State Board of Equalization (hereafter referred to as SBOE), is hereby appointed to represent the City with authority to examine sales and use tax records of the SBOE pertaining to sales and use taxes collected for the City by SBOE, pursuant to the contract between the City and SBOE. The information obtained by examination of Board records shall be used only for the purposes related to the collection of City sales and use taxes by the SBOE pursuant to that contract. Section 2. That the City Manager, or other officer or employee of the City designated in writing by the City Manager to the SBOE, is hereby appointed to represent the City with authority to examine those sales and use tax records of the SBOE, for the purposes related to the governmental functions of the City Finances, including but not limited to revenue collections, projections, and analysis. Section 3. That as authorized in Section 7056 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, the City hereby designates the finn of IWmderliter de Llamas and Associates (hereafter HdL) to examine the sales and use tax records of the Board pertaining to sales and use taxes collected for the City by the SBOE. The entity designated by this section meets all of the following conditions: HdL has an existing contract (approved August 14, 1989 and amended by both parties in 1991), which provides for HdL to examine sales and use tax records; Co) HdL is required under Section II 03) of the Agreement with the City to disclose information contained in, or derived from, those sales and use tax records only to the officer or employee authorized under Section 1 of this resolution to examine the information. (0 HdL is prohibited from performing consulting services for a retailer, for the term of the Agreement under section II(C) of their Agreement with the City. (d) HdL is prohibited by section II(D) of the Agreement with the City, from retaining information contained in, or derived from those sales and use tax records, after the Agreement has expired. The information obtained by examination of SBOE records shall be used only for purposes related to the collection of City sales and use taxes by the SBOE pursuant to the contract between the City and the SBOE and for the purposes relating to the governmental functions of the City listed in section 2 of this resolution. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of December, 1997. AYES: Councilmembers Barnes, Burton, Howard, Lockhart and Mayor Houston NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None resosboe.doc K2/G/12- 2-9 7/re so-tax, doc