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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />March 13, 2018 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />III. CONSENT AGENDA. 1 <br /> 2 <br />B. Approval of February 27, 2018, City Council Meeting Minutes. 3 <br />C. Licenses and Permits. 4 <br />D. Claims. 5 <br /> 6 <br />Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to approve the Consent 7 <br />Agenda items. 8 <br /> 9 <br />Motion carried 5-0. 10 <br /> 11 <br />IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS - NONE. 12 <br /> 13 <br />V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF - NONE. 14 <br /> 15 <br />VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 16 <br /> 17 <br />A. St. Anthony Liquor Operations Annual Report. 18 <br /> 19 <br />Liquor Operations Manager Mike Larson presented a PowerPoint annual report for 2017. He 20 <br />noted there are two convenient locations. Mr. Larson reviewed the Mission Statement and 21 <br />Vision Statement along with the value of municipal liquor operation revenue. Mr. Larson 22 <br />reviewed the five-year sales history, 2017 monthly sales trend, 5-year profit history, 10-year 23 <br />profit history, sales by category, gross profit percentage by category. Comparisons and 24 <br />benchmarks and Sunday sales were reviewed. The 2017 accomplishments and liquor operations 25 <br />presentation from October 2017 were summarized. The 2017 events were Spring Beer Sampling 26 <br />Event, Spring and Holiday Wine Events and Multiple Samplings on Fridays and Saturdays. They 27 <br />were the Official Release Store for Goose Island Bourbon County Stout. Planning for 2018 28 <br />include dealing with legislative issues, low cost building improvements, and technology/point of 29 <br />sale improvements. Mr. Larson referred residents to the website www.savmn.com. The entire 30 <br />annual report can also be found on the website. 31 <br /> 32 <br />Councilmember Jenson asked how morale is in the stores. Mr. Larson stated morale is fine even 33 <br />though sales have decreased. All employees were involved in trying to increase foot traffic in the 34 <br />door. 35 <br /> 36 <br />Councilmember Randle asked about the samplings. Mr. Larson stated they are very well attended 37 <br />and they do very good business during those events. It’s a community gathering where many 38 <br />wines and beers can be sampled. 39 <br /> 40 <br />Councilmember Stille stated he is inspired by the culture and ideas to gain business that are 41 <br />being implemented. 42 <br /> 43 <br />Councilmember Gray asked if the stores are unprofitable on Sundays and what is seen at other 44 <br />stores. Mr. Larson stated some stores have elected not to open on Sundays due to lower sales in 45 <br />2