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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - 04/17/2014CITY COUNCIL 17 APRIL 2014 The South Burlington City Council held a special meeting on Thursday, 17 April 2014, at 2:00 PM, in the Medium Conference Room, City Hall, 575 Dorset Street. MEMBERS PRESENT: P. Mackenzie, Chair; P. Nowak, Vice-Chair; C. Shaw ALSO PRESENT: K. Dorn, City Manager; T. Whipple, Chief of Police, D. Brent, Fire Chief, Mike Couture, Venue. 1. Agenda Review. Mr. Shaw moved to pull consideration of the liquor license application for the Venue under the Liquor Control Board from the slate of license applications to be considered separately. Ms. Nowak seconded the motion. The motion passed 3-0. 2. Comments and questions from the public not related to the agenda. There were no comments or questions from the public. 3. Consider, approve and sign disbursements. Ms. Nowak moved to approve the disbursements. Mr. Shaw seconded the motion. The motion passed 3-0. 4. Convene as the Liquor Control Board Mr. Shaw moved to convene as the South Burlington Liquor Control Board. Ms. Nowak seconded the motion. The motion passed 3-0. Mr. Shaw moved to pull Marco's Pizza from the slate of license applications to be considered separately. Ms. Nowak seconded the motion. The motion passed 3-0. The Board took up consideration of the application of Venue for a liquor license. Mr. Couture was invited to make a presentation to the Council on the application. There was a dialog between the Council and Mr. Couture regarding concerns raised over activities at Venue since the initial license was granted including alleged violations of State law and local ordinance. Chief Whipple and Chief Brent also provided context to the Council. Mr. Couture represented that he and the other owners would make changes so that they would be in compliance with all applicable laws and ordinances. Mr. Couture further stated that the City Manager had briefed him in advance of the meeting that the staff recommendation would be to approve the license conditioned on a quarterly review of performance and with the recognition that further conditions could be placed on the license at that time or at any time during the intervening period. Mr. Couture stated that he thought this was fair. Councilors Shawl Nowak and Mackenzie each noted that they wanted South Burlington businesses to be successful but they had little tolerance for businesses that are out of compliance with the law. Ms. Nowak moved to approve issuance of a first class liquor license for M & K Enterprises LLC doing business as Venuel subject to the condition that the license holder shall be required to appear before the City of South Burlington Liquor Control Commissioners every ninety days for review of the licensee/s operation and determination whether additional license conditions should be imposed. Mr. Shaw seconded the motion. The motion passed 3- 0. Mr. Shaw expressed concern over an incident he witnessed at Marco/s Pizza where an altercation broke out that was not handled well by the manager on duty. The Council discussed the need for licensees to have better training for their staff. Chief Whipple said that he would have an officer stop by the establishment to encourage such training. Mr. Shaw moved to approve the liquor license for Marco/s Pizza. Ms. Nowak seconded the motion. The motion passed 3-0. Mr. Nowak moved to approve the liquor license for the Rotisserie and the Wooden Spoon. Mr. Shaw seconded the motion. The motion passed 3-0. Ms. Nowak moved to adjourn the Liquor Control Board. Mr. Shaw seconded the motion. The motion passed 3-0. Ms. Nowak then moved to adjourn. Mr. Shaw seconded. The motion passed 3-0. The meeting was adjourned at 3:00 PM. , Clerk Published by ClerkBase ©2019 by Clerkbase. No Claim to Original Government Works. South Burlington Water Dept. Accounts Payable Check Register Date: 04/18/14 Date Check No. Paid To Memo Amount Paid 4/18/2014 2522 Champlain Water District 487.65 Date Voucher Number Reference Voucher Total Amount Paid 4/14/2014 VI-13322 REFUND 487.65 487.65 4/18/2014 2523 Alain & Marianne Dinel 80.22 Date Voucher Number Reference Voucher Total Amount Paid 4/4/2014 VI-13324 REFUND 80.22 80.22 4/18/2014 2524 E.J. Prescott, Inc. 47.84 Date Voucher Number Reference Voucher Total Amount Paid 4/2/2014 VI-13320 4780002 47.84 47.84 4/18/2014 2525 David & Tracy Huntington 99.00 Date Voucher Number Reference Voucher Total Amount Paid 4/4/2014 VI-13325 REFUND 99.00 99.00 4/18/2014 2526 Mortgage Services 19.10 Date Voucher Number Reference Voucher Total Amount Paid 4/4/2014 VI-13323 REFUND 19.10 19.10 4/18/2014 2527 Ti-Sales Inc. 34,500.00 Date Voucher Number Reference Voucher Total Amount Paid 4/10/2014 VI-13321 INV0035615 34,500.00 34,500.00 Total Amount Paid: 35,233.81 SOUTH BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Printed: April 15, 2014 Page 1 of 1