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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MARCH 8, 2006 periodically. Keis asked if the liquor businesses already did server training. McMillan reported that the training is not mandatory for the serving of beer and wine. Duray indicated that server training is typically required by the insurance company providing liquor liability insurance. Keis asked the gentleman present who did server training if he was aware of the liquor license fees being charged by smaller cities. He was not. Blesener asked if Duray knew why the State increased the 2 a.m. liquor fee so dramatically. Duray felt it was another revenue source for the State. Duray stated that the liquor business owners in Little Canada all enjoying owning and operating businesses in Che City. Duray indicated that he contacted some other cities to determine how liquor license fees are based, and noted that some base their fees on square footage while others base fees on occupancy loads. Duray felt that occupancy was the most equitable for smaller businesses. Duray also felt that applying a license fee credit for server training would be apro-active measure on the City's parC. The Council discussed tabling this matter pending further research and analysis by City staff on the option of basing liquor license fees on building occupancy or square footage of serving areas. The City Administrator noted that basing the fee solely on building square footage may not achieve the fairness that the Council is looking for given outdoor activities such as the broomball/sand volleyball court that Gordies has. It was suggested that this matter would likely be brought back to the Council in May for further consideration. Keis suggested that perhaps the City needed to develop a policy on fees in general. The City Administrator noted that the past direction has been to base fees on levels comparable to those charged by surrounding cities. The Council discussed whether the consensus was to have no increase in the On-Sale Liquor License fee and On-Sale Wine License fee at this time. There was no apparent consensus with the indication that more information was needed before a decision should be made. Mr. LaValle introduced Che following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 2006-3-56 -CONTINUING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TABLING ACTION ON THE PROPOSED INCREASE IN ON-SALE LIQUOR LICENSE FEE AND ON-SALE 4