Chair Brooks-Powers Questions Megan Rickerson on Restaurant Setup and Storage Costs
Chair Selvena Brooks-Powers asks Megan Rickerson to clarify the one-time versus recurring costs associated with hiring architects, lawyers, and contractors to build and store seasonal roadway setups.
And Megan, hearing the dollar and cents was extremely helpful too.
I just wanted a little bit more clarity in terms of understanding that cost and how you perceive it going forward.
Um and so, for example, the architect fee, which while optional, I think is necessary based on some of the questions on the application.
Is that something that each time that you in the future go to reapply that you would then have to pay for, or is it just this one time?
Um this goes for four years.
So it's it's one time.
Okay, so thank you, council.
Uh so one time, um, that fee was on its own, that was 1200.
I just put all of the lawyers' fees and architect fees all in one.
So that's one time.
But when I was talking about those numbers, that was what it would cost me to break even just on the build that doesn't like talk about my staffing, how much I have to pay people, it doesn't consider uh furniture, it doesn't consider any of those things.
It was strictly just in order to make it make sense for my business for those few months in those hours with perfect weather.
Right.
And in terms of and so I hear often like folks love the program to give the option to businesses, um, and you know, as it was said before, to expand even the the service you're able to give to your your customers.
How much just wanting to get an idea, dollar and sense again, and anyone can answer this.