One is Checker Cab, a company that has served Nome for decades and until recently was the last cab company still operating until its owner Rodney Jones let his six cab licenses lapse at the beginning of the year. The other cab driver is Steve Longley, who has a chauffeur license but holds no license for a taxi cab car. Longley said that probably no cab service was ever legally operating in Nome under this ordinance. Per the ordinance, the council from time to time is to revisit how many taxi licenses are given out, based on what the market would allow to assure that cabs are economically viable. Council member Scot Henderson asked: If this ordinance passes next Monday, will the city be able to begin enforcing the ordinance on Tuesday?