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Council sets hearing for revocation of CDDM Corporation’s cabaret and liquor licenses after shooting
Summary
The council appointed a hearing officer and scheduled a March 25 hearing to consider revoking CDDM Corporation’s cabaret and liquor licenses following a shooting at Centerfolds; the hearing will be conducted before a hearing officer and transcribed.
The Lansing City Council’s Committee of the Whole voted unanimously March 10 to set a hearing on March 25 to consider revocation of CDDM Corporation’s cabaret and liquor licenses for the establishment at 5910 South Pennsylvania Avenue after a fatal shooting at Centerfolds.
A city attorney described the process as prescribed by city ordinances: the council’s resolution appoints a hearing officer, a transcript will be prepared and a hearing officer will take evidence; the council will receive the hearing record and may then act on revocation. “This is pursuant to our ordinance. We have provisions in our ordinances, both, for revocation of cabaret licenses, and revocation of liquor licenses,” the city attorney said.
The resolution set the date, time and location for the hearing and named a hearing officer. The council member making the motion, Vice President Carter, moved to set the hearing for March 25, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. in the City Clerk’s ninth-floor conference room; the motion passed unanimously. The resolution also named Raleigh Van Vossen as the hearing officer.
Councilmembers asked whether the licensee had been contacted; the city attorney said notice would be sent to CDDM’s corporate address and that in previous similar cases the licensee often appears represented by counsel. Councilmembers also asked about public access: the attorney said the hearing “is open to the public in the way that a court would be open to the public,” that a court reporter will transcribe the proceeding and that the transcript and hearing report will be provided to council.
What’s next: the hearing officer will take evidence at the March 25 proceeding; the hearing record and officer’s report will be returned to the full council for potential action on revocation. The council’s resolution initiates the administrative hearing process and does not itself revoke licenses.
