2008 Taxi License Plate Draw - The City of Red Deer

July 28, 2008

(Red Deer, Alberta) – There will be six more taxis on Red Deer streets this year after The City hosts a random draw for additional taxi license plates on August 20.

The draw comes on the heals of this year’s census, which indicates Red Deer’s population is up by 2.46 per cent. “We are able to lease one taxi plate for every 750 residents in Red Deer,” said Deb Mann, License Inspector.

Only qualified applicants are eligible for the 2008 taxi license plate draw. “A qualified applicant is someone who has been involved in the taxi industry in The City of Red Deer as a taxi driver, dispatcher, supervisor, broker or manager for 12 consecutive months,” said Mann.

The 2008 taxi plate draw will take place on Wednesday, August 20 at 3 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall.

Qualified applicants may obtain a taxi license plate draw application from the Inspections & Licensing department on the third floor of City Hall.

All completed application forms for the 2008 taxi plate draw plus a $20, non-refundable, application fee must be received by Inspections & Licensing by Friday, August 8 at 4:30 p.m. Only one application per individual or broker is permitted.

A list of applicants will be available at Inspections & Licensing on Wednesday, August 13. Any objections must be filed, in writing, to the License Inspector by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, August 15.

For more information about the 2008 taxi license plate draw, please contact the Inspections & Licensing department at 403-342-8182 or by e-mail at licensing@reddeer.ca.

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For more information, please contact:

Deb Mann
License Inspector
The City of Red Deer
403-342-8190