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Council approves consent agenda and several on‑sale liquor licenses; one abstention recorded
Summary
The Saint Paul Park council approved the consent agenda including bills, public-works vouchers, grant agreements and licenses, and separately approved on-sale and Sunday on-sale liquor licenses for multiple establishments; one Frankie's Bar vote recorded an abstention.
On Nov. 17 the City of Saint Paul Park council approved routine consent items and granted multiple liquor licenses after removing two license items from the consent agenda for separate consideration.
Council moved to remove items I and J from the consent agenda and take them as new business; that procedural motion passed and the council then approved the remaining consent items, which included payment of bills for Oct. 22–Nov. 18, pay voucher No. 4 for Geisinger & Sons Third Street work, a change order on Third Street work, a Met Council grant agreement, sanitary manhole repairs, tobacco and game-room licenses, and brush/log grinding and removal at the old compost site.
Following the consent vote, the council considered the removed liquor-license items and approved on‑sale intoxicating licenses for Bly LLC DBA Broadway Bar and Grill, Park Place and Willie's Hidden Harbor (motion carried 5-0). The council also approved an on‑sale intoxicating license and Sunday on‑sale liquor licenses for Frankie's Bar and other applicants; a vote on Frankie's Bar recorded one abstention while the motion to approve carried.
Council members asked clarifying questions during the consent discussion — for example, about street-light connections and compost-site operations — and staff said those operational issues would be addressed outside the immediate vote.
Why it matters: approvals finalize local licensing and payments and document the council’s choices on routine municipal business; the liquor-license approvals change which businesses may sell on-sale intoxicating liquor and on Sundays under local licenses.
What’s next: the approved contracts, vouchers and licenses will be implemented by staff and the city will follow up on staff responses to the operational questions raised during the consent discussion.
