The Saint Paul City Council met on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at 3:30 PM in Council Chambers. Six members were present initially (Councilmember Johnson absent); all seven were present after the HRA recess. The meeting adjourned at 5:05 PM. Key actions included adopting a resolution honoring the late Speaker Melissa Hortman and her family, approving the Galtier Plaza Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district, revoking a tobacco shop license for selling flavored tobacco, and approving multiple public hearings and legislative hearing items.
Call the meeting of the St. Paul City Council to order. Roll call, please. Yang. Bowie. Here. Coleman. Here. Johnson. Joe. Kim. Here. Council President Acre. Here. Six. Present, one absent. Thank you everyone for joining us at our council meeting today. We appreciate everyone being here. We invite everyone to join us in standing for the Pledge of Allegiance. Pledge allegiance to the flag. United States is America. And to visit the business. Consent agenda items one through nine are before you for your consideration. I know we are taking item seven for separate consideration. Is there anything else to be pulled from consent? Seeing none, I'll take a motion from Vice President Yang for the balance of the consent agenda. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, six in favor, none opposed. The consent agenda is adopted as amended. Item eleven, resolution twenty. Okay. So that's item seven, resolution twenty-six-nine three three, directing the Department of Safety and Inspections to proceed with the 10-day license suspension adverse action against Maryland Supermarket Inc. DBA, Maryland Supermarket for the premises located at 444 Maryland Avenue West Sweetsea. Thank you. Um I have entered a version two for my colleagues' consideration. And I've got a statement to read around my decision for an upward departure. I'd like to move a version two of this resolution for the Department of Safety and Inspections to revoke the tobacco shop license held by Maryland supermarket. The facts of this case demonstrate that this business has flagrantly violated the laws of the city, which the department discovered during a routine inspection of the business. Therefore, deviation from the presumptive penetration matrix penalty is justified. Then in January of this year, the department sent a courtesy letter to remind Maryland Supermarket that the department would be conducting its annual inspections of all businesses selling tobacco products to ensure that these businesses were complying with the law. The letter stated that the Maryland supermarket was not allowed to sell flavored tobacco products. The fact that the department inspector visited the business and found more than 55-0, five zero flavored tobacco products for sale in the store demonstrates that Maryland supermarket intentionally disregarded the laws of the city. I'll add too that one of the type of flavored tobacco products is products found is expressly prohibited in this city in any shop because it is not approved by the FDA. Because Maryland Supermarket clearly knew that it was not allowed to sell flavored tobacco products, but it continued to do so and in a large amount. These are the facts and circumstances that present substantial and compelling reasons to deviate from the presumptive penalty matrix of a 10-day license suspension. The next penalty beyond a license suspension and our tobacco penalty matrix is a revocation of the business license. Given the severity of the violation and the intentional disregard for the laws of our city, I pose the city, I propose the city council direct the Department of Safety and Inspections to revoke the tobacco shop license held at Maryland Supermarket. And with that, I move a version two. Thank you, Ms.