Resolution 12606CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 12606
DESIGNATING A CITY CONSULTANT AS
THE AUTHORIZED CITY REPRESENTATIVE
TO EXAMINE SALES AND USE TAX RECORDS
WHEREAS, pursuant to California Revenue and Taxation Code
Section 7200, et seq., the City of Alameda has adopted a sales and
use tax ordinance which imposes a tax and provides a measure
therefor that can be administered and collected by the State Board
of Equalization along the same and existing statutory and
administrative procedures followed by the State Board of
Equalization in administering and collecting the California State
Sales and Use Taxes; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to California Revenue and Taxation Code
Section 7056, the City of Alameda, by resolution, may designate any
officer, employee or any other person to examine all of the sales
and use tax records of the Board pertaining to sales and use taxes
collected for the City; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda has entered into an
agreement for sales tax audit and information services with the
firm of Municipal Resource Consultants, a partnership of John T.
Austin, Inc. and Allen W. Charkow, Inc. to designate Municipal
Resource Consultants as the authorized Consultant to examine such
sales tax records maintained by the Board on behalf of the City of
Alameda; and
WHEREAS, all legal prerequisites prior to the adoption of
this Resolution have occurred.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City
of Alameda as follows:
Section 1: In all respects as set forth above, City
Council of the City of Alameda hereby certifies to the State Board
of Equalization that Municipal Resource Consultants is the
designated representative of the City of Alameda to examine all of
the sales and use tax records of the Board pertaining to sales and
use taxes collected by the Board on behalf of the City of Alameda.
Section 2: Pursuant to California Revenue and Taxation
Section 7056 (b), the Alameda City Council hereby certifies that
Municipal Resource Consultants, a partnership of John T. Austin,
Inc. and Allen W. Charkow, Inc. (hereafter referred to as
"Consultant") meets all of the following conditions:
a. Consultant has an existing contract with City of
Alameda to examine sales tax records;
b. Consultant is required by that contract to disclose
information contained in, or derived from, those sales tax records
only to an officer or employee of the City of Alameda who is
authorized by resolution to examine the information;
c. Consultant is prohibited by the contract from
performing consulting services for a retailer during the term of
the contract; and
d. Consultant is prohibited by the contract from
retaining the information contained in, or derived from, those
sales tax records after the contract has expired.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the
City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 17th day of
JanlJa,ry , 1995, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councmembexs Arnexich, DeWitt, Lucas, Mannix
and Pres-dent Appezzato - 5.
NOES: None,
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None,
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 28th. day of .January , 1995.
Diane B. Felsch, City Clerk
City of Alameda
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