PRESCOTT VALLEY - The Town Council Thursday routinely approved a trio of ordinances to comply with a state employer sanctions law that cracks down on hiring illegal immigrants.
The council voted 6-0 to pass ordinances dealing with business licenses, contracting and economic development incentives. Councilman Bob Edwards was absent.
The council followed guidelines that the League of Arizona Cities and Towns prepared to help municipalities to comply with the law, also known as the Legal Arizona Workers Act.
The act requires employers to verify the immigration status of prospective employees through the federal E-Verify program. Employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants face the loss of their business licenses.
Provisions of the act involving business licenses, contracting and incentives went into effect Oct. 1, according to guidelines from the league. Arizona voters Tuesday rejected the business-backed Proposition 202, which would have weakened the provisions of the sanctions law.
The three ordinances went to the council for first readings Oct. 23. The council needed to undergo second readings before adopting the ordinances.
IN OTHER ACTIONS:
• The council issued certificates of appreciation for five years of employment to Dorothy Haitoff, Mark Kramer and Diane Russell and a Mayor Recognition Award to Steve Rutherford for his contributions to economic development.
• The council approved an ordinance that rezones 230 acres on both sides of Valley Road between the Big Sky Industrial Park and the sewer plant from residential to industrial for the Fain Signature Group and Fain Land and Cattle Co.
• The council OK'd a request from Viewpoint Investors LLC to rezone 5.2 acres for a future mini-storage business south of the Viewpoint subdivision and north of Highway 89A.
• The council approved the final development plan for Yavapai Bottle Gas for a propane filling center and on-site storage of trucks and empty tanks at 623 S. Bennett Drive.
• The council extended the appointments of Ellen Babbitt and Joe Huot on the Planning and Zoning Commission through Oct. 31, 2011.
Contact the reporter at khedler@prescottaz.com
Reader Comments
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2008
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Average American taxpayer
What Brittanicus said is so true. Harry Reid along with Pelosi have got to be two of the most corrupt politicians in the United States. Literally all they care about is illegal alien foreign nationals and their own rotten careers, not neccessarily in that order.
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2008
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Brittanicus
Get rid of Senator Harry Reid, as he was in collusion with Ted Kennedy, McCain and even President elect Obama. The all endorsed Comprehensive Immigration Reform--BLANKET AMNESTY!
TELL CALIFORNIA'S TAXPAYERS TO PASS (H.R.1942), TO TERMINATE ANY FREE WELFARE HANDOUTS TO ILLEGAL ALIENS! The corrupt LIBERAL-politicians and judiciary stole your future away from you by pandering to illegal foreign nationals. READ how PROPOSITION 187 WAS MANIPULATED SO IT NEVER REACHED THE SUPREME COURT. 37 MILLION ILLEGAL ALIENS LIVING OFF TAXPAYERS IN THE US, according to Tucson sector Border Patrol union local 2544--NOT 13 MILLION, AS THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN MANIPULATED BY THE LIBERAL NATIONAL PRESS AND SPECIAL INTEREST LOBBY.
An additional half-million coming every year. California is $11 billion dollars in the red, so now they are looking for ways to cut programs. A massive financial impact on our economy by importing the worlds poor. THIS IS NOT JUST CALIFORNIA, THIS PLAGUE HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY! EVERY STATE IN OUR UNION HAS BEEN DECIMATED BY FINANCIAL ILLEGAL ALIEN NEEDS, INCLUDING FREE HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, FOOD STAMPS AND MUCH MORE--not available to AMERICANS--EVEN OVERCROWDED JAILS AND PRISONS.
DEMAND THAT THE PARASITE EMPLOYERS WHO HIRE THEM PAY--NO TAXPAYERS.
Don't re-elect Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa he's embraced LOS ANGELES as a SANCTUARY CITY, in a SANCTUARY STATE. REMEMBER! NEW MEXICO'S GOVERNOR BILL RICHARDSON, MAY BE ELECTED BY OBAMA.? HE ISSUED ILLEGAL FOREIGN NATION, DRIVERS LICENSES EVEN AFTER THE DISASTER OF 9/11.
Read the facts at www.numbersusa.com, www.judicialwatch.org, www.americanpatrol.com, www.capsweb.org
Write or e-mail California representative or state senator TODAY! NOW!
Posted: Sunday, November 09, 2008
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Check out those car washes
Investigate the car washes that use hispanics to wash those dirty vehicles.
Posted: Sunday, November 09, 2008
Article comment by:
Five Year Resident
Will sub-contractors be checked by the contractors for compliance? The approvals for development and developers as well as appointees is still secure in this "grow or Die" town.
