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Council weighs who pays ordinance change for senior center liquor sales
Summary
City staff said changing city code to allow liquor at the senior center would cost about $3,000 in legal and zoning work. Councilors discussed whether the senior center or the city should pay and asked staff to provide state-law background on liquor/food requirements.
City staff told the City Council at its Aug. 25 work session that updating city ordinances to allow liquor service at the senior center would require legal and planning time and estimated the one-time cost at about $3,000. "We had to establish kind of a cost to change the ordinances...rough cost of maybe around $3,000 to get this, get this, effectively changed," staff said.
Why it matters: Changing the city code would allow recurring private events such as weddings or anniversaries to include liquor service without applying for single-event permits. Staff said the change would require…
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