Agenda - Council Work Session - 05/08/2007

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time to time by Council resolution. The term "net profits" as used herein shall be defined as profits less amounts expended for allowable expenses. "Allowable expenses" as used herein shall not include those "lawful purpose" expenditures defined by Chapter 349 of Minnesota Statutes. (5% is proposed and will need to be adopted' by Resolution) 7.61.10 Expenditures for Lawful Purposes Within City's Trade Area Any organization holding a premises permit to conduct lawful gambling within the City shall be required to expend 75% of its "lawful purpose" expenditures on lawful purposes conducted or located within the City's trade area and to the benefit of the City's trade area. In the event the City is unable to determine with a reasonable degree of certainty that the required 75% of the lawful purpose expenditures of the organization holding a premises permit to conduct lawful gambling within the City is being expended on lawful purposes, the City Administrator may require such other financial information as is reasonably necessary for the City to make this determination. F or purposes of this subsection, the term trade area is defined as the Cities of Ramsey, l\noka, ,/\ndover, and the Town of Burns in .'\noka County, the City of Elk River in Sherburne County and the City of Dayton in Hennepin County. For purposes of this subsection, the term "la'.Yful purpose(s)" is that definition assigned to it by Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 319. This subsection shall apply to all organizations holding a premises permit to conduct lawful gambling ',vi thin the City. SECTION 3. VIOLATIONS Anyone who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. This section does not preclude civil and criminal penalties under applicable laws. Failure to file timely reports and payments as required by this section may result in a recommendation to the Board that the organization's premises permit should be revoked. SECTION 4. SUMMARY The following is the official summary of Ordinance 07-XX which has been approved by the City Council of the City of Ramsey as clearly informing the public of the intent and effect of the Ordinance. The ordinance repeals the existing City Code Section 7.61 and replaces it with a new Section 7.61. This section is to regulate and control the conduct of lawful gambling pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 349 of Minnesota Statutes.