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Council discusses new liquor-store POS system with dual pricing; formal approval deferred pending implementation plan
Summary
Staff previewed a cloud-based point-of-sale system for the municipal liquor store that uses dual pricing (cash vs card) to shift card processing fees to customers and provides improved inventory reporting; council asked for a formal implementation plan, inventory cleanup and defined deliverables before approving a contract.
City staff presented a proposal for a cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) system for the municipal liquor store that would implement dual pricing (a lower cash price and a slightly higher card price so credit-card processing fees are borne by card customers) and provide improved inventory and sales reporting. Staff said vendors operating similar municipal stores had not observed sales losses after dual-pricing changes.
Council members emphasized the need to define onboarding milestones, confirm inventory-cleanup requirements and ensure the new system produces equivalent or improved reports. Staff said they would return with contract details, an implementation timeline and a set of deliverables to reduce launch risk. Council did not take final contract action at the meeting but asked staff to prepare the contract for consideration at the next regular meeting, with an eye toward deployment in the fall.
