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Council issues two class B licenses after amending resolutions to remove completion chart and set June 2 requirement
Summary
The council approved two combination class B beer and liquor license issuances (Golden Nest Pancake Cafe and transfer from Mile High Pub to 1890 Pub and Bistro) after removing an internal completion chart from the resolutions and adding language requiring all inspections and approvals to be completed by June 2, 2025.
The Oshkosh Common Council on May 13 approved two actions related to combination class B beer and liquor licenses after amending both resolutions to remove an internal “completion” chart and instead require that all necessary inspections and approvals be completed by June 2, 2025.
Council considered Resolution 25245 to issue a combination class B license to Golden Nest Pancake Cafe and Resolution 25246 to approve the surrender and issuance of a combination class B license from Mile High Pub to 1890 Pub and Bistro. In both cases members raised concerns that a chart included in the draft resolution indicated certain review steps were complete when staff and departments had not finalized inspections.
Several council members asked staff for clarification. The city’s health department informed the council that its final inspection remained pending. The fire marshal was reported on vacation during the meeting; staff said they would check whether the final fire inspection had been completed. The city attorney advised the council it could remove the internal chart from the resolution text and instead insert language requiring that “all required inspections and approvals” be completed by a date (the council set June 2, 2025).
Council Member Larson said he supported issuing licenses under the council’s revised approach but objected to voting on resolution text that stated items were complete when they were not. After debate Council Member Fong moved — and the council adopted — an amendment striking the completion chart and adding the June 2 requirement language. The amendment passed on a roll call vote. The full resolutions were then approved as amended.
The council’s approach follows prior direction that licenses should be issued by council action rather than being held and later released administratively; council members described the revised wording as a way to preserve staff recourse if license conditions were not ultimately met. City staff said they would follow up with the fire marshal and health department to confirm pending inspections and would proceed according to the amended resolutions.
