Covington Councilman Keith Dalton has apparently been operating his janitorial company without a local business license for years, according to a variety of publicly-available records.
Dalton’s business, Covington Window Cleaners, has no valid business license on file with Covington, Newton County, Social Circle, Conyers or Rockdale County, according to officials from each government, and it’s unclear if the business has ever had a valid license, based on records.
Covington Window Cleaners has been registered with the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office since June 1986 and lists a Covington P.O. Box and Dalton’s Flat Rock Trail home as its addresses. No commercial location is listed with the state or on his website. The phone book lists the Flat Rock Trail as the location of the business.
However, Dalton does not have a home occupation license on file with Covington, nor does he have a standard business license — known formally as an occupational tax permit. Searches of the planning department’s database do not show any license from previous years either.
When asked, Dalton told The News before the July 1 council meeting, and has also told other officials, that he has a business license with the city of Social Circle. However, there is no such license on record with Social Circle.
According to Social Circle City Clerk Susan Roper, Dalton applied for a business license June 26, after receiving a voice mail message from The News asking whether he had a license.
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