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City Council Minutes June 4, 1990 Page 2 e Mr. Havrilak had made application prior to the 20 days requested by City ordinance and further that he had paid his license fee and submi tted his bond. Mr. Peterson indicated that there are many other cities in the area that have pawn shops operating out of the cities and the fees charged by these cities are anywhere from $50.00 to $100.00. Mr. Peterson stated that Mr. Havrilak has invested a large amount of money in the community, is paying taxes, and that his business would be a benefit to the community. Mr. Peterson further stated that if the Council felt the $50.00 license fee was not appropriate, they should have changed it prior to the City Council meeting where Mr. Havrilak was granted a license. Mr. Peterson then requested the City Council to reconsider their decision and to lower the $1,750.00 license fee for pawnbroker to $50.00 for this year. Tim Keane, City Attorney, stated that there have been no reported cases of changing an application fee in mid-stream within the City of Elk River. He indicated that there is a Court standing from the Attorney General's office regarding a liquor fee which was raised in mid-year and made retroactive. Mr. Keane further indicated that the City's Police Department would have significant responsibilities regarding this type of license. e Mayor Tralle stated that the license fees are designed to cover the costs incurred by the City. He stated that with the amount of extra work generated by the pawn shop, the City feels that the $1,750.00 is an appropriate fee as the fee is based on the amount of time expected to be incurred by the City. Mr. Peterson questioned why the City set the license fee at $50.00 only a year ago. Steve Rohlf, Building and Zoning Administrator, explained that the license fee was set last year at $50.00 and that the City set the fee by looking at what other cities charged and not what it would cost the City. Mr. Rohlf indicated that when Mr. Havrilak applied for the pawnshop license the City investigated the possible cost which would be incurred to the City by this type of business and, therefore, the Council raised the fee to $1,750.00. Mr. Jack Havrilak, owner of the Pawn Shop, stated to the Council that he had spent $80,000 for the building and $20,000 to stock the building. Mr. Havrilak stated that he did not feel his business would cost the City $1,750 during a years time. Mr. Havrilak requested the City Council to consider looking more closely at this and to consider pro-rating the $1,750 license fee for 1990. e Councilmember Holmgren stated that he would be pro-rating the $1,750 license fee for Mr. licensing year, and further recommended that $1,750.00 license fee during the next year to the City incurs from monitoring the pawn shop. in favor of the Council Havrilak for the 1990 the Council review the determine what expenses COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN MOVED THAT THE $1,750 LICENSE FEE BE PRO-RATED FROM THE DATE OF ISSUANCE FOR MR. HAVRILAK AND FURTHER THAT THE STAFF