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APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 SPECIAL MEETING 3 MINUTES 4 5 6 DATE : March 24, 2003 7 TIME STARTED : 6:02 P.M. 8 TIME ENDED : 6:12 P.M. 9 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmembers Carlson, Dahl, O'Donnell, Reinert 10 and Mayor Bergeson 11 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 12 13 Staff members present: City Administrator, Linda Waite Smith; City Clerk, Ann Blair; Police 14 Sergeant Kurt Rausch. 15 16 LIQUOR LICENSE VIOLATIONS 17 18 Mayor Bergeson explained that a special meeting of the City Council was being held to address liquor 19 license violations. He noted that any actions discussed and agreed upon would be handled during the 20 regular City Council meeting to follow. He asked Sergeant Rausch to present his report. 21 22 Sergeant Rausch stated there were two violations during recent liquor license checks. The first was 23 the American Legion, where two underage buyers purchased two cans of Miller Lite from the Aik 24 bartender, which were then taken into evidence. He stated a citation was issued, which has been paid. lar 25 The second violation was at Shirley Kaye's, where the same two underage buyers purchased a Miller 26 Lite bottle and Miller Lite tap. Again a citation was issued and has been paid. He stated that under 27 the Best Practices grid, the department recommends a $500 fine and no suspension. 28 29 Jaime Olivas indicated he was the bartender at the American Legion during the check. He stated he is 30 also the Third Vice Commander, in charge of children. He is a volunteer bartender as the club has not 31 been doing very well. He explained he was very sorry for the incident, and indicated he had no 32 intention of knowingly selling liquor to a minor, and has taken care of the situation in court. He 33 stated he has even volunteered to do community service work because he felt bad about the situation. 34 35 Matt Conway stated he was the bartender at Shirley Kaye's the night of the violation. He indicated 36 that while he is not making excuses, he noted he was working on what should have been his night off, 37 and was due to get off at 10:00, just before the check took place, however the relief bartender was 38 late. He stated he was counting the till when the buyers came in and it was simply a mistake. He 39 indicated he had no intention of selling to underage buyers, stating he has five children himself and he 40 does not like people who provide liquor to children. He stated the management at Shirley's are 41 always reminding staff to check ID's, and indicated the fault was his, for which he is very sorry. He 42 indicated he has taken care of the matter in criminal court, and there was no intent. 43 44 Mayor Bergeson asked the owners and managers of the establishments if they were aware of the 45 recommendation that will come at the City Council Meeting, which they indicated they were. He 46 asked if they were aware of the training programs available, and the American Legion manager asked 47 for more information about them. Mayor Bergeson asked him to speak with Sergeant Rausch after 1p 48 the hearing.