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1. AGENDA <br />M/S/P Dunn/Armstrong — to approve the February 5, 2002 City Council agenda, as <br />amended. (Motion Passed 5-0). <br />2. MINUTES: January 15, 2002 Workshop <br />M/S/P Dunn/DeLapp — to approve the January 15, 2002 Workshop minutes, as presented. <br />(Motion passed 5-0). <br />M/S/P Dunn/Armstrong — to approve the January 15, 2002 City Council minutes, as <br />amended. (Motion passed 5-0). <br />3. PUBLIC INOUIRIESANFORMATIONAL: <br />A. PUBLIC INQUIRIES <br />The Council asked that snowmobile and ATV operators obey the laws and respect <br />people's property. This request will be relayed to the Sheriff's Department. <br />B. Code Amendment relating to Administrative Fines, Suspension, <br />Revocation for Sale of Liquor to Minors <br />Captain Johnson and Sergeant Rick Peterson, Washington County Sheriff s Dept., <br />assisted with questions posed by the Council and license holders. The Dept. provided a <br />manual for Lake Elmo Business that sell beverage alcohol addressing compliance check <br />and penalties for underage access to alcohol. The license holders indicated they agree <br />with the training, but were concerned about the high cost of fines, especially for a first <br />time offense. <br />The Council lowered the fine structure in the ordinance based on the city does not have <br />much of a problem with our license establishments selling alcohol to people under 21 <br />years of age. <br />M/S/P Dunn/DeLapp — to direct the staff to change the ordinance relating to violations <br />from the first violation requiring a warning and not an administrative fine, second <br />violation requiring payment of $200 administrative fine, third violation payment of $400, <br />etc. and deleting "subject" to license in each situation. (Motion passed 5-0). <br />The Fire Dept. had another meeting to attend so the Council amended the agenda by <br />addressing their Update. <br />7. MAINTENANCE/PARK/FIREBUILDING: <br />A. Update on Fire Dept. Activities: Fire Chief Greg Malmquist <br />Fire Chief Malmquist introduced the newly elected Captains: Cliff Schill, Dick Sachs, <br />Brad Winkels and Doug Pepin. The Council congratulated Fire Fighter Ross Chavez for <br />completing EMT training. <br />LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 5, 2002 2 <br />