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| Okabena Council Holds public hearing |
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The Okabena City Council held a Public Hearing regarding the Okabena Municipal Liquor Store prior to their regular council meeting on July 16, 2012. | |
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The Okabena City Council held a Public Hearing regarding the Okabena Municipal Liquor Store prior to their regular council meeting on July 16, 2012.
The Mayor spoke briefly about the auditor’s report which shows a loss of $7500 due to auditor adjustments for inventory and depreciation. We have cut our loss in half from the previous year, made changes to cut expenses and are working to keep the margin at 47- 50%. On a positive note, we have increased our working capital. Comments were made stating that Melanie and Tom are doing a good job.
Being no further discussion or comments, the meeting was adjourned.
The Regular Council Meeting was brought to order.
A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes from the July 16, 2012 meeting.
The liquor store manager reported that approximately a quarter less people celebrated the 4th of July, so sales were down. There were some complaints from the community that the language heard in the music was inappropriate for early hours when there were still children in the park. The issue with the ice machine will be resolved by calling the service repair one more time or arranging to have Arctic Glacier make regular deliveries.
A call will be made to Gopher State One Call to locate for the new sign on the southwest corner of Sherwood Acres.
There was discussion concerning the estimate received to paint the city Quonset. It was decided by the council to delay painting until there was time to do some repair on the building first.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Report was read and discussed.
A motion was made and seconded to approve two new the Land Use Permits.
There was some discussion about the Small City Grant Liens that are still outstanding.
A motion was made and seconded to approve the Liability Coverage Waiver from the League of MN Cities Insurance.
A motion was made and seconded to approve the bills as presented.
Being no further business, a motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting.
The next regular meeting will be held on August 20, 2012 at 7:00pm. |
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