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  Streeter City Council approves fee waiver for Girl Scouts Written by Emily
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  Beebe. This article is being read by an automated voice, brought to
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  you by Everlet. An ordinance still on Streeter's books would charge the
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  Girl Scouts of Central Illinois 400 for the right to sell items
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  door to door. No one has ever paid The
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  fee, Until the Girl Scouts asked the city for permission, no one
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  had enforced the fee either. On Wednesday, The
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  Streeter City Council acknowledged that the ordinance is wrong, and said that
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  it had never been applied previously. The fee under Striater's Solicitor and
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  Peddler Ordinance is 400 per week, plus 25 for each individual engaged
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  in door-to-door solicitation. The issue came to light when the Girl Scouts
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  of Central Illinois asked the city to waive the fee for their
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  annual fall cookie program running October 1 through. Cheryl Cherney,
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  Streeter City Attorney, said she recommends amending the code to exempt children
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  under eighteen engaging in fundraising for school projects and organizations. She said
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  the current ordinance is very old. Councilmember David Reid said, the fee
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  has never actually been charged. I understand we need to know who's
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  going door to door, Reed said. But yeah, I agree with the
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  attorney. We need to amend this. The fee Mayor Terra Badae said
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  is really intended for for-profit businesses or companies selling services door to
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  door. Councilmember Scott Shawy asked whether the ordinance should be updated entirely
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  to reflect modern dance standards. Cherney said other communities now have registration
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  requirements, and she would bring ideas back to City Manager Yates McLaughlin.
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  According to section five point three two of the code, new applications
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  for charitable and not for profit agencies that desire to be exempt
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  must obtain approval by the city council. So that's our problem, Badai
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  said. Bet I noted that the code hasn't been meaningfully touched since
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  2005. The council approved the fee waiver for the Girl Scouts. Cherney
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  said she would return to the council with a proposed amendment to
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  the ordinance.