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CITY COUNCIL MEMORANDUM <br /> NO. 2021- <br /> September 2,2021 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Moore Wolfe and City Council <br /> FROM: Scot Wrighton, City Manager <br /> Amy Waks,Assistant Corporation Counsel <br /> SUBJECT: Amendment to Chapter 54—AMUSEMENT DEVICES <br /> RECOMMENDATION: Staff has been asked to draft an ordinance to establish an amusement push <br /> tax on specific amusement devices,namely video gaming terminals. An amusement push tax is a tax <br /> imposed upon the player of the amusement but makes the responsibility of the collection on the <br /> terminal operators. <br /> To impose such a tax, the definition of an amusement device in Chapter 54 needs to be amended <br /> related to video gaming terminals. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTIONS: The video gaming terminal operators. <br /> INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: Illinois Municipal League <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: Amy Waks,Assistant Corporation Counsel, at 424-2807. <br /> BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: <br />