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October 14, 1996 Page Two The rates vary greatly depending upon the type of establishment. A small caterer or liquor store pays much smaller rates than a bar and/or restaurant. He will be providing me with a range of rates, not based on any scientific measure but just on limited research, by Monday's meeting. The policy decision should be based upon the comfort level of the Council in anticipating a catastrophic event when liquor is being served on City property and what type of additional burden we want to put on private business to protect the City. Currently the annual liquor license liability limits are at the minimum required by State Law which is $50,000 per person$100,000 per occurrence. If the Council is comfortable with this limit, and according to our insurance provider 99%of the time this limit is sufficient, does the Council want to impose the higher limit in the 1% case of a catastrophic event such as death. A compromise may be a limit in between the regular limits and the $1 million dollar limit for a one time event. The ordinance can be amended prior to adoption to reflect a reduction in the $1 million limit if the Council wishes.