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Mounds View City Council April 24, 2017 Regular Meeting Page 3 1 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 2 3 C. Resolution 8748, Adopting a Calendar for the Preparation of the 2018 4 Budget. 5 6 Finance Director Beer requested the Council adopt a calendar for the preparation of the 2018 7 budget. It was noted this was a statutory requirement and the budget calendar would be posted 8 on the City’s website. 9 10 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Meehlhause. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 8748, 11 Adopting a Calendar for the Preparation of the 2018 Budget. 12 13 Council Member Meehlhause looked forward to discussing the preliminary budget priorities on 14 May 1st. He asked that the Council schedule a goals and priorities retreat later this summer prior 15 to establishing a preliminary levy the 2018 budget. 16 17 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 18 19 D. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 932, an Ordinance Amending 20 Chapter 502 of the Mounds View City Code Relating to Hours of Operation 21 for Off-Sale Licensed Establishments – ROLL CALL VOTE. 22 23 City Administrator Ericson requested the Council consider an Ordinance amending Chapter 502 24 of the City Code related to hours of operation for off-sale licensed establishments. He reported 25 all off-sale license holders were invited to discuss this topic with the Council. After this 26 discussion, it was recommended the Monday through Thursday hours of operation be amended to 27 allow businesses to remain open until 10:00 p.m., while also adding Sunday sales from 11:00 28 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Staff discussed the proposed revisions in further detail and noted the effective 29 date for the amended hours of operation for Monday through Thursday would be June 5th and the 30 effective date for Sunday sales would be July 2nd. 31 32 Council Member Bergeron understood the proposed hours for Monday through Thursday would 33 allow Mounds View businesses a competitive advantage. He questioned if the City could block 34 Sunday sales. City Administrator Ericson reported the City could not block Sunday sales 35 altogether, but rather could be more restrictive with the hours. 36 37 Mayor Mueller asked if Sunday sales would be allowed on religious holidays such as Christmas 38 and Easter. City Attorney Riggs reported Sunday sales are not allowed by State Statute if 39 Christmas Day were to fall on a Sunday. 40 41 Mayor Mueller questioned if the City would be notifying its off-sale license holders of the 42 changes being made to City Code. City Administrator Ericson explained staff would send 43 notification to the off-sale license holders, noting the effective dates. 44 45