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OPEN DELEGATION BY A REPRESENTATIVE(S) OF YOUNG DRIVERS OF CANADA REGARDING THE BUSINESS LICENSING FEES FOR DRIVING INSTRUCTORS
Mr. Al Zurawski and Ms. Barb Webster, representatives of Young Drivers of Canada provided an Open Delegation to the Finance and Corporate Services Committee regarding the City of Barrie Business Licensing Fees for Driving Instructors.
Mr. Zurawski and Ms. Webster discussed their concerns regarding the City of Barrie Drivers Instructor Business Licences as follows:
• Driving Instructors are employees of Young Drivers of Canada and are not individual businesses;
• The annual increases for the Business Licensing fee associated with Driving Instructor;
• That the fee for a Driving Instructor is now the same fee as a Driving School Operator’s Licence;
• If a Driving Instructors Business Licence is required, the fee should be fair and receive a service in return;
• The lack of enforcement taking place associated with unlicensed Driving Instructors from outside of Barrie conducting business within the City;
• The duplication of requirements for an Ontario Driver Instructor’s Permit and the City of Barrie Business Licence; and
• The imbalance related to other driving services that are not required to obtain a business licence (for example Pizza Delivery Drivers and Shuttle Services) versus Driving Instructors.
Members of the Committee asked a number of questions of the presenters and City staff and received responses.
Staff in the Legislative and Court Services Department were asked to provide additional information to the Committee members concerning enforcement activities undertaken related to Driving Instructors.