Council approves operator and Class B retailer licenses and $259,957.19 in disbursements

The Common Council on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, approved several operator and Class B fermented-malt-beverage retailer licenses and a schedule of disbursements totaling $259,957.19 during a short meeting that began at 7 p.m.

Council members voted, by voice and roll call as noted, to: approve operator license applications for 2025 subject to compliance requirements; approve a Class B fermented-malt-beverage retailer license for Mia Jacob Pizza at the address given on the agenda; approve a temporary Class B license for an indoor event by the Harley’s owner group on Feb. 22; approve a Class B license for Father’s Lutheran Church to sell fermented malt beverages at its chili cook-off on Feb. 23; and approve the schedule of disbursements in the amount of $259,957.19. The council then moved to adjourn and ended the meeting at 7:11 p.m.

The agenda item for the schedule of disbursements was accompanied by a roll call in which Alderperson Kastner, Alderperson Akers, Alderperson Sarian and Alderperson Bailey were recorded as voting “Aye.” For the other license approvals the transcript records general voice votes of “Aye” and states “motion carries” but does not list a roll-call tally in the record.

Motions recorded in the meeting transcript include a motion to approve the 2025 operator license applications (mover and seconder are recorded in the meeting as Ald. Acres and Ald. Bailey, respectively), and motions to approve the Class B licenses and temporary licenses (seconders are recorded in the transcript for several motions). The motion to approve the schedule of disbursements was made and put to a roll-call vote.

No public comment or written objections to the licenses or the disbursements item appear in the meeting transcript. The meeting closed with a motion to adjourn, which passed on a voice vote.

The council will meet again on a date listed on the city calendar (not specified in the transcript).