Council gives advantage to local food truck vendors

Local food truck vendors can likely expect to have a lower annual license fee than those from outside the area. Council members are addressing changes to an ordinance regarding food trucks.

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October 29, 2024 - 2:14 PM

Mayor Steve French leads the discussion on food trucks at Monday evening’s city council meeting. Photo by Sarah Haney / Iola Register

Local food truck vendors will likely get a break on their annual license fees while those from other areas will pay the full fee, Iola council members said at their meeting Monday night. 

A special committee was formed in early April to discuss recommended changes to the city’s ordinance regarding food trucks. The committee discovered other communities have a much lower transient business permit fee than Iola’s.

“We were trying to help out local brick-and-mortars because the way our ordinance reads right now — Sam & Louie’s, Wild Bloom, or the snow…

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