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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes July 28, 2020 Page 2 1 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF — NONE. 2 3 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 4 5 A. Resolution 20-061; a Resolution Approving updated North Suburban Communications 6 Commission Joint Powers Agreement. 7 8 Ms. Dana Healy, Executive Director at CTV North Suburbs made a presentation to the City 9 Council. 10 11 Motion by Councilmember Webster, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Resolution 12 20-061; a Resolution Approving updated North Suburban Communications Commission Joint 13 Powers Agreement. 14 15 Motion carried 5-0. 16 17 B. Liquor Operations Mid -Year Report 18 19 Mr. Mike Larson, Liquor Operation Manager made a presentation on the Liquor Operations year 20 to date. 21 22 Councilmember Randle asked how being closed on Sundays affected sales. Mr. Larson 23 indicated it really has not had an impact and sales have continued to increase. Retail is about 24 convenience and really drives the bus. He noted they want to be open on Sundays again but 25 there is some concern regarding staffing levels. There are a few employees that are out because 26 they are in a high risk group so they are trying to replace them and get the new staff trained and 27 also he wants to monitor conditions in order to reduce as much exposure as possible for 28 employees in the store. 29 30 Councilmember Jenson noted it was amazing how the sales have jumped throughout the year 31 with the stores being closed half the month of April. He thought Mr. Larson had a really good 32 operation and he wanted to compliment staff on how the customers are treated. 33 34 Councilmember Webster complimented the staff as well and she was impressed how quickly the 35 store transitioned for safety of the customers and staff. She thought the staff was very friendly to 36 her and other customers when she visited as they have always been, and she wanted to express 3 7 her thanks. 38 39 Mayor Stille indicated he was looking back to 2012 when Mr. Larson was rocking sales pre big 40 box and he wanted to point out that over the last few months the store was back to those levels of 41 sales. He knew this was an anomaly but wanted to point that out. He thanked Mr. Larson and 42 his staff for working through this Pandemic. 43 44 C. 2nd Quarter Goals Update 45 46 City Manager Casey reviewed the 2nd Quarter Goals with the City Council.