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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 28, 2006 Page 6 . 1 Councilmember Stille stated there is insufficient information. 3 Councilmember Horst stated the vision probably would work in the City but more information is 4 needed. He suggested the applicant work with staff. 5 6 Mayor Faust stated the City is business friendly, but standards need to be met. He added the 7 issue before Council tonight is the parking variance and all other issues mentioned are 8 secondary. This does not meet the state statute for a variance. 9 10 Ayes -- 3 Nays -1 orst Motion carried. 11 12 Mayor Faust recessed the meeting at 8:15 p.m. 13 14 Mayor Faust reconvened the meeting at 8:20 p.m. 15 16 D. Annual De artment Head Reorts. 17 a. Liquor Operations, 18 Mike Larson, Liquor Operations Manager, addressed the Council and provided an overview of 19 liquor operations for 2005. He stated during the year 2005 the City owned and operated two off- 20 ff20 sale liquor stores. He reviewed the number and position of employees and their mission 21 statement. He provided a summary of year 2005 sales and the number of transactions per store, 22 noting total sales were divided as follows, liquor at 30%, beer at 41 %, wine at 26%, and mix and 23 miscellaneous at 4%. He presented a 10 -year net profit history. He reviewed year 2005 24 activities and awards, noting liquor operations passed all of their alcohol and tobacco compliance 25 checks. He presented year 2006 projects. He encouraged viewers to visit their website and 26 provided the address. He reviewed year 2005 customer survey responses noting all categories 27 received 90% or above in Excellent or Good. He added in the first three months of 2006 the 28 stores' beer selection has increased to over 1,200, the liquor selection to over 1 200 and the wine q > 29 selection to over 900 labels. To date, sales are $117,000 above this same time in 2005. 30 31 Councilmember Thuesen asked if there has been a trend towards higher sales with specials such 32 as micros. He also asked if there have been any unusual trends in wine sales over the past year. 33 Mr. Larson replied that segment of the beer market is an increasing trend in the industry. He 34 added there has been a large increase in imported wines. The largest change in 2005 was 35 consumer buying in that they are going for a higher quality, higher -priced wine than in the past. 36 37 Councilmember Thuesen asked now that both stores are up and running and road co'nstructio'n.is 38- done how are the two stores doing. Mr. Larson replied there has been a change in product 39 purchasing habits of consumers. 40 41 Councilmember Thuesen congratulated Mr. Larson and staff for their hard work and effort. 42 43 Councilmember Stille commented there were lower sales in 2005 due to construction. Mr. 44 Larson replied with roads closed he expected worse than what occurred., He added the stores are 45 becoming more of a destination. 46 s