(Richmond, IN)--A memorandum has been drafted and submitted to Richmond Common Council that urges passage of a one-percent food and beverage tax.  It was drafted this week by the city’s law department.  By law, Council must pass a resolution supporting the food and beverage tax before it can become an ordinance.  If the resolution is passed and becomes an ordinance, a public hearing would be held where the proposed tax is the only item on the agenda.  The memo states that the ordinance could be made available for introduction at Council’s first meeting in December.  At Thursday’s meeting of the Richmond Parks Board, the proposed food and beverage tax was discussed with a resolution set to go public on Monday night.  Here’s Park Superintendent Denise Retz Thursday:  "...one penny on a dollar.  So if you go to a restaurant and have a twenty-dollar meal, that's 20 cents to the Parks Department."  Park Board member Dakota Collins cited a figure that 9 million people annually travel around Richmond on I-70.  "Many, many, many of those stop in Richmond for food.  They'll be the ones paying this tax," Collins said.  In discussions earlier this year, Council appeared divided on the proposed tax.