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Mounds View City Council April 11, 2016 Regular Meeting Page 2 Mayor Flaherty encouraged the tenant to contact the City regarding the liquor license. City 1 Administrator Ericson explained that in order for the City Council to consider approving a liquor 2 license, all outstanding fees had to be paid in full, which included utilities and property taxes. 3 Until this happens, the City was not in the position to grant a license. 4 5 Mayor Flaherty questioned how the Council wanted to proceed with this matter given this was an 6 unusual situation. 7 8 City Administrator Ericson explained he spoke with Zulfiquani Punjani last week regarding the 9 Council’s denial of the liquor license request. He indicated the applicant would have to start the 10 process over again. He reported the City was willing to waive the investigation fee and notices 11 would have to be sent regarding the new liquor license request. He stated the City would not 12 consider the application until the property taxes had been paid. 13 14 Mayor Flaherty believed this was a legal matter that needed to be reviewed by the City Attorney. 15 City Administrator Ericson indicated he would reach out to the City Attorney. 16 17 Council Member Meehlhause commented that he could not support a liquor license for this 18 property until the property taxes were paid in full, as this has been the requirement of all other 19 liquor license holders. 20 21 Council Member Hull supported this matter being reviewed by the City Attorney. 22 23 Council Member Mueller wanted to ensure the Council was following City Code. For this 24 reason, she believed the Council would not be able to move forward with a liquor license given 25 the fact the property taxes were delinquent. 26 27 Council Member Gunn agreed and apologized for the difficult position this put the landlord in. 28 She discussed the timeline necessary to approve a liquor license noting it would take longer than 29 14 days. 30 31 Council Member Hull asked if the landlord had any other tenants interested in leasing the 32 property. PJ commented his father had no one else interested in leasing the space. 33 34 Mayor Flaherty encouraged Zulfiquani Punjani and the applicant investigate their options further. 35 He stated unfortunately, the Council had to follow City Code on this matter. 36 37 6. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS 38 A. Introduction of Charlie Smith, Newly Appointed Fire Chief for the SBM Fire 39 Department. 40 41 Harley Wells discussed the hiring process that was followed by the Fire Board to select a new 42 Fire Chief. It was noted interviews were held on January 30th. He provided comment on the 43 individuals that served on the interview panels. After detailed assessment of the interviews, it 44