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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION June 24, 2019 DRAFT 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 MINUTES 2 3 DATE : June 24, 2019 4 TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 5 TIME ENDED : 6:27 p.m. 6 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Rafferty, Maher, 7 Manthey, Stoesz and Mayor Reinert 8 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 9 10 Staff members present: Public Safety Director John Swenson; Community Development 11 Director Michael Grochala; Finance Director Sarah Cotton; City Engineer Diane Hankee; 12 City Clerk Julie Bartell 13 14 Review Regular Council Agenda of June 24, 2019 – 15 16 Items on the agenda were reviewed. 17 18 Item 1D - Mayor Reinert suggested that the permit to sell liquor (beer) at this year’s City 19 Corn Roast be added back to the Consent Agenda for approval. The council discussed 20 the possibility of delaying a vote on the matter. Mayor Reinert remarked that a delay 21 might mean the vendor can’t get everything in place in time for the event. The council 22 concurred to consider the matter at the council meeting. 23 24 Item 1E – Peddler License for Clearway Community Solar – Council Member Stoesz had 25 contacted staff with a question about the City’s code requirement related to business 26 reputation. Specifically, the code indicates that a business should not have more than 27 three complaints with the Better Business Bureau and he believes there are more on this 28 company. 29 30 City Clerk Bartell explained the difficulty of checking a business reputation with the tools 31 referenced in the Code (Better Business Bureau and State Attorney General’s Office). 32 Those don’t appear to be a good source for definitive information. Clerk Bartell asked 33 staff if the council would like staff to look at changing the language in the code or 34 removing it. Mayor Reinert indicated that he would prefer to continue business 35 reputation consideration as part of the code. There was some discussion about the type of 36 business/product of the applicant. 37 38 Council Member Manthey said he’s okay with this license based on the applicant passing 39 the background check but he’s interested in the process for these licenses and how the 40 City can show the residents what is done for safety. 41 42 Council Member Stoesz expressed concern that the City must have some standards for 43 looking at a business reputation. Staff should look at what other cities are doing. 44 45