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City <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />Sandra Peine, City Clerk <br /> <br />October 28, 2002 <br /> <br />2003 Fee Schedule- Proposed Liquor License Fee Increases <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br /> <br />· 2002-2003 LIQUOR LICENSE LIST <br />· EXCERPT OF JUNE 10, 2002 COUNCIL MINUTES RELATING TO LIQUOR <br /> FEES <br />· LIQUOR/TOBACCO FEE SURVEY <br />· COPY OF LETTER TO LIQUOR ESTABLISHMENTS <br /> <br />The City Council requested that staff look into the issue of an increase in liquor license <br />fees and tobacco fees. A random fee survey was conducted by staff to find out what other <br />cities were charging for liquor and tobacco licenses. The survey is attached. <br /> <br />LICENSE TYPE <br /> <br />*AVERAGE <br />(Approximate) <br /> <br />ELK RIVER <br /> <br />Tobacco $160 $100 <br />On-Sale Liquor $5500 $4,000 <br />On-Sale Wine $895 $ 650 <br />3.2 Beer On-Sale $265 $ 225 <br />3.2 Beer Off-Sale $66 $ 75 <br /> <br />Approx.$450 <br /> <br />Liquor Investigation Fee <br /> <br />$250/$150 <br /> <br />The fee survey indicates Elk River's liquor license and tobacco fees are lower than the <br />average of those cities surveyed. <br /> <br />The reason for some of the high liquor fees is due to the fee structure being set by the size <br />of the establishment or percentage of food sales. Those cities would probably have <br /> <br /> <br />