Minutes - Council Work Session - 10/16/2001

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CITY COUNCIL CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey City Council conducted a work session on Thursday, October 16, 2001, at the Ramsey Fire Station #2, 15050 Armstrong Boulevard NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Mayor Thomas Gamec Councilmember Susan E. Anderson Councilmember Terry Hendriksen Councilmember Patti Kurak Councilmember Gerald Zimmerman Also Present: City Administrator, James E. Norman City Attorney William Goodrich City Clerk Jo Thieling CALL TO ORDER Mayor Gamec called the work session of the City Council to order at 6:49 p.m. APPROVE AGENDA Motion by Councilmember Hendriksen, seconded by Councilmember Zimmerman, to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec and Councilmembers Hendriksen, Zimmerman, Anderson, and Kurak. Voting No: None. WORK SESSION TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 1) Number of Liquor Store Licenses City Clerk Tbieling presented the Council with current City Code pertaining to Liquor Licensing, copies of minutes fi'om when the Ramsey Council amended City Code pertaining to liquor stores and when they changed the Code back, a report from Coon Rapids that was completed when they were discussing whether or not they should limit the number of liquor stores, and information from the League of Minnesota Cities which states that the City of Ramsey is a third class City and can have up to 12 on-sale liquor licenses and the City and can set the number of off-sale liquor licenses. City Administrator Norman explained that from 1998 to 1999, there had been a request from current liquor stores to limit the number of licenses so the Council at that time adopted an ordinance in 1998 limiting the number of off-sale liquor licenses. Then one year later the same Council voted unanimously to remove that ordinance. Currently the only input the Council has City Council/October 16, 2001 Page 1 of 4