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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 10, 2014 TOBACCO The City Clerk reported that the owner of the Market Place Shopping ORDINANCE Center has inquired about the possibility of the issuance of a tobacco license to the operators of Daubers Cafe. The owner has submitted a diagram which proposes the designation of approximately 250 square feet of space at the back of the cafe to the sale of tobacco products. The Clerk indicated that the City has two classes of Tobacco Licenses: Tobacco Store License and General Tobacco Sales & Display License. There are no Tobacco Store Licenses available at this time. The Clerk indicated that in reviewing the ordinance, it was her concern that the ordinance does not adequately define General Tobacco Sales & Display License. Therefore, the City Attorney was asked to review the ordinance and determine whether or not further definition was needed. The Clerk noted the City Attorney's September 5, 2014 memo expanding the definition for General Tobacco Sales & Display License as well as suggesting additional ordinance language that provides the City with more flexibility in granting or denying Licenses. The City Clerk recommended that the City Attorney's proposed definition of General Tobacco Sales & Display License be expanded to include gas station and/or convenience stores, grocery stores, and drug stores. Montour expressed concern that the 250 square feet of space that was suggested for tobacco sales within Daubers Cafe was more than what is typical for a General Tobacco Sales & Display License. Montour was also concerned about the back entrance that would be used to access the area that would be designated for tobacco sales and that area appears to be segregated from the general customer area of the restaurant. Montour expressed concern about signage and asked if the City could restrict tobacco sales -related signage from this back door area. Montour indicated that the layout of the tobacco sales area has more of an appearance of a tobacco store than accessory tobacco sales that would be allowed by a General Tobacco Sales & Display License. The City Clerk noted that the diagram of the space was not available at the time that the City Attorney reviewed this issue. She suggested that the Council's concerns and the layout be forwarded to the City Attorney for additional review. The Council agreed. MAYOR & The City Administrator reported that the Mayor and Council Member COUNCIL salaries have not been increased since 2009, and it was a number of years SALARIES previous to 2009 that an increase had occurred. The Administrator indicated that if the Council wishes to consider an increase at this time, any increase approved cannot take effect until the November 4th municipal 6