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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 26, 2000 some of the cities have sent out letters to their liquor establishments informing them that compliance checking would begin and informing them of the consequences that would result from failures. Britt reported that if the City agrees to participate, the next step would be to set up a civil penalty for those establishments that have failures. LaValle asked if the City had the luxury of not imposing criminal penalties for failures. The City Attorney reported that it would be the police officer's discretion whether to write a ticket or not. However, if a ticket is written, the violation would be criminally prosecuted. The City does not have the authority to merely impose an administrative penalty. Morelan asked if the results of the study will be used by the U of M in an effort to make compliance checking mandatory. Britt replied that the U of M would not lead such a lobbying effort. However, there are groups out there that are waiting for the results of this study and will likely use the results in that manner. Mr. Fahey introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 2000-1-30 -AUTHORIZING THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA'S TWD- YEAR STUDYON THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL COMPLIANCE TESTING BYAGREEING THAT THE RAMSEY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SHOULD CONDUCT TWO ALCOHOL COMPLIANCE CHECKS PER LIQUOR ESTABLISHMENT PER YEAR The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Scalze. Ayes (5) Fahey, Scalze, Morelan, Pedersen, LaValle. Nays (0). Resolution declared adopted. CONSENT Mr. Morelan introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: AGENDA RESOLUTION NO. 2000-I-31-APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA WHICH CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: AAPPROVING THE 2000 BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS AS OUTLINED BY CITYSTAFF; *APPROVING THE TEMPORARYEMPLOYEES'SALARYSCALE AS PROPOSED BY CITYSTAFF; ]8