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Liquor‑license applicant told incomplete fingerprint paperwork delayed the process
Summary
Applicant Lisa Ozanich said her California Walk liquor application, submitted last year, was expected to be considered; town staff said the hold is a missing liquor‑specific fingerprint confirmation and advised redoing the fingerprint with the correct code so the report will route to licensing.
Lisa Ozanich told the council she and her business completed a liquor‑license application about a year ago and expected the matter to be on the Jan. 27 agenda. "We filled out an application for a liquor license about a year and 0.5 ago, and we were told that it would be addressed at this meeting," Ozanich said.
Town staff explained the remaining issue is not the FBI background check but the liquor‑specific fingerprint confirmation: the fingerprints were completed earlier but not flagged as a liquor licensing fingerprint, so the liquor‑licensing fingerprint report did not route to the licensing division. Staff advised obtaining a new fingerprint appointment using the code on the application so the report will be delivered to licensing, after which the town will post the 30‑day public notice sticker and proceed with the next steps.
Council members and staff recommended communication by phone or email to resolve the paperwork. The town’s staff contact noted the arrest/background checks differ in routing and that correcting the fingerprint selection is a routine administrative fix; the applicant said she would follow up to schedule the fingerprint appointment.
