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Sundance axes rally fees

At a special meeting last week, the Sundance City Council decided it was time to do away with the peddler permit fees that have historically been charged to any vendor wishing to sell their wares during Rally Wednesday.

The issue was first raised at the July council meeting, when Clerk Treasurer Kathy Lenz remarked that $110 for the day itself and an additional $110 for the surrounding days has the potential to total more than the profit a small vendor, such as a jewelry crafter or water bottle wagon, could hope to make. She asked the council to consider scrapping the fee, which was origina...