(A) Each person seeking to engage in such solicitation must provide the Clerk-Treasurer with the following information under oath or affirmation on duplicate forms to be prescribed and furnished by the Clerk-Treasurer:
(1) The name, address and phone number of the registrant and the corporation or other business, if any, on whose behalf the registrant is soliciting;
(2) The name, address and phone number of the immediate supervisor of the registrant, if any, or, in the alternative, the responsible party the town should contact in the event of any question, issue, event or altercation occurring in the Town or on the private property of a resident of the town;
(3) The type of goods for which the registrant is soliciting orders (if applicable);
(4) The geographic area(s) within the town that the registrant will be soliciting;
(5) The time period that the registrant will be engaged in soliciting within the town; and
(6) copy of the Indiana Retail Merchants Certificate.
(B) Organizational registration. The Clerk-Treasurer may allow one person to file on behalf of all persons soliciting for one organization, corporation, or association. The registrant must provide the name(s) of the supervisor of the persons and the geographic area(s) each person will be soliciting. The registrant must amend the information provided to the Clerk-Treasurer to reflect changes that occur.
(C) Registration fee. Each registrant shall pay a $150 fee for each event or period of solicitation. Each person listed on an application must pay a $5 fee for each set of fingerprints required below for each event or period of solicitation.
(D) Copy of registration to police. The Clerk-Treasurer must transmit a duplicate copy of each registration form to the police chief of the town, who must also keep a file of such registration form and will then take fingerprints for each person listed on the application. When completing the check applicant will need to indicate this check is for a “review challenge”. Indiana State Police procedures will be provided to applicant and must be completed.
(E) Bond. Each registrant must obtain and attach thereto a cash or surety bond in the penal sum of $500 from a surety company approved by the town. The bond will ensure and guarantee that all goods, wares, merchandise and the like sold by the vendor will be as represented and that a refund in full will be promptly given for any goods, wares, merchandise and the like sold by the vendor will be as represented by the vendor. Any person aggrieved by the vendor’s actions or inactions may petition the Town Council for recovery on the bond as appropriate.
(Ord. 2014-002, passed 2-20-2014)