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VIII-C-1 To: From: Date: Re: MEMORANDUM Mayor Werner & City Councilmembers Melanie Mesko Lee, Administrative Assistant/City Clerk January 14, 2004 Suspension of liquor licenses for non-payment of fees Council Action Requested: Consider suspension of the liquor licenses for RJ's, and The Levee for non-payment of liquor license fees. Background Information: The City of Hastings invoices liquor licensees twice a year for payment of their on-sale liquor license fee (all other licensefees are paid at time of renewal). For the 2003/2004 liquor license year, the annual fee is $3,400 (Resolution 07-04-03). $1,700 is invoiced at time of renewal and the other $1,700 is invoiced in December. On December 5, the City sent out an invoice to all on-sale liquor licensees for the second % of the 2003/2004 on-sale fee'. The due date for that was December 25, 2003. Payments not received by December 26 (due to City Hall being closed on the 25th) were then invoiced again, with a 10% penalty applied for late payment (Ordinance No. 492). The second invoice was sent out January 2, 2004, with a due date of January 12, 2004 for $1,870 ($1,700 + $170 = $1,870). At the end of business on January 12, 2004, RJ's and The Levee had not paid the liquor license fee nor the penalty. Therefore, staff recommends that the Council consider suspension of each of these licenses until the amount due is paid in full. Each of these businesses were sent a letter on January 13, 2004 explaining to them that Council will be considering license suspension at the meeting on January 20, 2004 (attached) and inviting them to attend. At the time the memo is being written, payments have still not been received; should any payments come in before the meeting on January 20, staff will forward that information to the Council for their consideration in this matter, If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.