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WS — Item 6 <br />WORK SESSION STAFF <br />REPORT Work Session Item No. 6 <br />Date: April 4, 2022 <br />To: City Council <br />From: Julie Bartell, City Clerk <br />Lisa Hogstad Osterhues, Deputy City Clerk <br />Re: Intoxicating Liquor Fees, June 2022 — July 2023 <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City issues licenses for on -sale intoxicating beverages. The annual license period runs <br />from July lst through June 301h and staff is currently in the process of providing renewal <br />materials to restaurants and bars in the City. <br />In the past two years, the council has provided fee refunds or waivers in recognition that these <br />on -sale intoxicating beverage establishments were impacted by mandated closures and the <br />COVID 19 situation in general. <br />First Refund in May of 2020 - Pro rata refund (as a future credit) of license fees for months when <br />establishments were not able to be open for a majority of days in the month due to the <br />Governor's emergency orders; <br />Second Refund approved in December 2020 - credit to fees based on months under emergency <br />orders; credit applied to all fees for the liquor license period commencing July 1, 2021 — June <br />30, 2022. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff is asking if the council would like to consider any fee waiver or refund for the July 1, 2022 <br />— June 30, 2023 license period. <br />ATTACHMENT <br />List of On -Sale Intoxicating Beverage License <br />