So we will call to order the Monday, April 27th, 2026, meeting of the ordinance and licensing committee.

Three members of the committee are present with Jim Evert missing or absent.

So we do have a quorum.

Is anyone here for public comment?

All right.

Seeing no one here for public comment, we will move on to approval of the minutes.

Do any of the committee committee members have any concerns or objections to the minutes as they are presented?

Seeing no concerns, we will consider the minutes from our April 13th, 2026 meeting approved uh by unanimous consent.

Moving on to invited bartender applications.

Um first up we have Paul Spurk.

Paul, are you here?

Yep.

Come on up, please.

Sure.

Uh thanks for coming.

Sure.

Um you're here because of a couple of fences on your record um around alcohol in the past.

Um looks like it has been quite a while ago, so I assume that's all behind you.

Um before no.

No.

Pick up some hours and a little extra cash.

Okay, fair enough.

And have you completed the responsible server course you check no on the application?

So oh no, I have, yes, sir.

I have okay.

Yep.

Okay, thank you.

Um you have checked here that you have been convicted of a felony, which can you tell us when that was?

Uh yeah, my felonies were back in I think 2006.

It's over 20 years ago.

So I have uh Grant Theft Auto, um forgery and escape.

So yeah.

Okay.

But like you said, that was all in the past.

Yeah, it looks like it's been about 20 years.

Yeah, I've had nothing since I've paid my debt to society.

Now I did uh six years in in prison, so I mean I've I've planned paid my debt plenty, so and I don't plan on doing that again.

So okay, thank you.

Yes, sir.

Um, six years that you you were at prison.

So you were around 2012.

I I was I was released in 2010, yes.

Yes, yes.

Any other questions from the committee members?

Any of you want to make a motion, Paul?

Uh Brian.

The application um, as you noted the box is checked for null on the responsible beverage server course.

And you say that you did complete it, so you you will have to provide the certificate or the I believe I have it on my phone, it's probably in my email.

Yeah, you'll need to get that a copy of that to the clerk's office.

Sure, yes, sir.

Yeah, thanks, Brian.

I was gonna mention that uh at some point, but yes, you'll have to provide it before they'll issue the yeah.

I did complete it, and I do have a I know I do have an email from them saying that it was a completion.

Okay, yes, sir.

Thank you.

Yeah, I'll I'll make a motion to approve the license.

Second.

All right.

Um we have a motion to approve the bartender's application for Paul Spurk motion by Alder Person Manion, seconded by Alder Person Wigderson.

Um, for what it's worth, I I agree, right?

Uh it's uh long uh looks like a rough time, but it was a fairly long time ago, and you've been pretty clean sent.

So I appreciate that.

So I don't see any concerns here.

So for the committee members, you can vote when it's before you.

All right, and that passes uh unanimously.

So this will um this is just a recommendation to the to the common council.

Our next common council meeting is May 5th.

Okay.

Um so that will be on our consent agenda there, um, which means typically we do not talk about those, they just kind of go through on approval.

Um you are more than welcome to come and um be present in case someone on the council does want to discuss your record.

It is a longer record, so it might be worthwhile for you to show up.

Of course.

Um if you're available on that day.

Yes, sir.

Um, but you might not mean to be need to be here, but I appreciate you coming in and talking to us tonight.

Of course, sir.

All right.

Uh, who do I uh give that information to that uh that uh completed that server course?

Um if you have I would say you could email it to the clerk's office.

Um you should have they should have emailed you about today.

Okay, coming to this.

You should just be able to email back, correct, Molly?

Okay, I'll just sit in back and I'll just make sure I get it to you.

Okay, perfect.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Um, we have Kayla Marie Sutton.

Kayla, good evening.

Um, so you're Kayla, you must be the agent.

The agent, yes.

Uh, could you state your name, please?

And you're uh well, that you're the agent.

Andrew Iwanski, I W A M S K I agent or quick trip.

Okay, thank you.

That's how you say you last name.

Okay.

I was wondering that's how if that's how he said his last name.

I could never say it.

Um, you do have a couple of alcohol related uh things on here.

I guess Andrew, were you aware of these?

Yes.

Before Kayla applied.

How long has Kayla been uh working for you at Quick Trip?

Been what, like 2020 2023.

Yeah, about four years, three or four years at our store.

Okay.

Uh what's driving the uh decision for a bartender license now?

Uh I mean, just trying to get all my co-workers to have it.

Um, and I know that she's definitely gone down the right path now since all of our incidents.

Okay.

Um Kayla, can you talk a little bit about what you've done to get going down the right path?

I mean, this looks like I guess it's two, right?

And with the latest being about two years ago.

Um it's about three years.

Because it was uh April 19th, 2023, and it's 2026 now.

Oh, yep, thank you.

Reading wrong thing.

Thank you.

I just celebrated my three years, so um, I went through a uh adult and teen challenge program for a year, which is the complete abstinence of all narcotics at anything that is like destroying your body and your health and all that, and then um I just I I just keep like I just talk to them regularly if I'm having problems or whatever else.

I mean, I haven't wanted to go back.

I saw what it destroyed my family and me, and I don't ever want to go back to that.

Okay.

Thank you.

Um questions from the committee members.

Have you ever held a bartender's license before?

No.

No, first time, okay.

Thank you.

All right.

Um given that it has been uh three years since your last and and about ten years since your your prior one.

Um I generally assume nobody's doing this for nobody's trying to be a bartender for nefarious purposes, and when you say you've cleaned up, I I tend to uh take you at your word for that until you make a mistake.

So that being said, I will make a motion to approve your application.

Um with a second, we can vote on it.

So second time motion.

All right.

Um so we have a motion to approve the bartender's license for Kayla Marie Sutton, motion by myself, seconded by Alder Person Manion, and for the committee members, you can vote when it's before you.

Okay, that also passes unanimously.

Um tell you the same thing I told the previous applicant.

Um not all council members.

Well, so this will go to our council meeting um on May 5th.

Um this is just a recommendation to the council that they approve your application.

It'll be on our consent agenda given that you have two offenses in the last 10 years.

Um if you're available, it might be worthwhile for you to show up in case there are questions from the other council members and they want to talk about your application and whether you're uh someone who should have a bartender's license.

So if you're available, it might be worthwhile for you to be here, but you're not required to be.

Sounds good, thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Have a nice night.

Thank you, you too.

Um moving on.

We have Anthony Zukoskis.

Anthony here.

All right, not seeing anybody stand up for Anthony.

This is his third invite.

Yeah, and just a note it would be uh motion to approve the denial.

Um go ahead, please.

Um given that this is his third invite and he is uh not shown for the committee.

I will make a motion to approve the denial of the license for uh Anthony Zekowskis.

I will second.

All right.

We have a motion by Alder Person Manion, seconded by Alder Person Wiggerson to approve the denial of the bartender's license for Anthony Zakoskis.

So yes vote is to approve yes, a yes vote is yes vote means he will not get his license, or it will be recommended that he do not get a license wagerson.

All right, that is approved unanimously.

All right, moving on.

Invited other applications.

Uh first up, we have BB's on Maine, Brooke Petty.

Evening, Brooke.

Um so you're in here for a renewal of your class B beer and liquor combo.

Yep.

Um you're here, you're invited because you got a uh We got stung at the sting.

Yeah, there we go.

Um I guess do you have any comment on that?

Yes, so after this happened, uh so we have like the ID scanners, like the really nice ones.

We were using them three days a week because I have bouncers on each door Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

Um, and then they were out all the time, but they weren't always used all the time besides those days.

So I had basically a course with my bartenders how to use those because they are stupid proof.

Um you scan it and it will tell you a big red no comes up if it's not right.

If it's a fake, if it's the like wrong birthday.

Um so we had a crash course with that, and so everyone now is using it a hundred percent of the time, not just the bouncers anymore.

Okay.

Um okay, thank you.

Um any questions from the committee?

No.

All right, I will uh make a motion to approve the class B beer and liquor combo license for BBs on Maine.

I'll second the motion.

All right.

Um, so we have a motion to approve the application motion by myself, seconded by Alder Person Manion.

Committee members, you can vote when it's for you.

All right, that passes unanimously.

Thank you.

Thanks for coming in, Brooke.

Um moving on, we have uh Brinker Restaurant Corporation, Matthew Fitzgerald.

Believe this is Chili's Bar and Grill.

Good evening.

Good evening.

Which is Matthew?

Matthew Fitzgerald.

Matthew.

All right.

And you are.

I'm Tyson Beck, the managing partner of the restaurant.

Okay.

Thank you.

You are both in here because you actually have two compliance failures.

One was from, I believe it was December of 2024.

And one was from September of 2025.

Correct.

I guess what's happened and what are you guys doing about it?

So on the most recent the last failed sting, uh our team member had had the ID and asked the gentleman if he was over 21.

He said yes.

And we found out afterwards when Adam was a the team member when he looked at the ID, he did not look at the correct date.

He looked at the um the issue date, but not the birth date.

So he was confused, he got confused regardless.

So he as our policy is anybody that served on that serves anyone under 21 gets termed, so he's no longer with us.

We have worked a lot with our uh both our bartenders and our team members on uh how to uh properly you know um read an ID as far as you know birthdays and stuff like they have where the years on the top or the the where the dash is is the year that they're born in, etc.

We also have the ID guidebook, and then anybody who's 30 or under.

Um, or if it's an out of state ID, typically uh our team members will come and get the managers and then we'll check we'll validate the IDs as well.

You guys have any ID scanners or it's just all it's just usually this manual we have.

Uh we do have the that's an ID book that uh comes exactly where we from corporate, I believe.

Yeah, we get it from the buttons in there.

That's uh a reference book that we have inside the cabinet of our bar.

We have it like easy accessible in case because we got Carroll College near us, so we've had students with uh Nevada licenses, Idaho, uh Florida, a lot of Illinois too.

Yeah, yeah.

Okay.

Okay.

Um questions from the committee members.

Actually, I was gonna ask Brian.

Um, what's the threshold for when we can seek penalty?

Is it three failed compliance checks within a two-year period?

No, it's two failures in a one-year period.

Okay.

Um when you're talking about renewals, you can refuse to renew a license for any violation of chapter 9 or chapter 125, but that one in particular serving underage uh requires two failures within a one-year period.

And then you can use that as a basis to uh refuse to renew or revoke or suspend even.

That's the one exception.

All of the others uh do not require two strikes within a one-year period.

Okay, but that of course is the nuclear option.

Right.

And what you want to see in these cases is some evidence that um I mean, largely it's a management and training problem.

It's it's the initial training and then it's the supervision.

Um so what you're looking for is evidence that the management is on top of it and is uh properly instructing and supervising their employees, and it sounds like in this case they reacted by uh terminating one of them.

I know there was uh two separate individuals.

Okay, well, uh it would be my opinion that that's what you're looking for.

Yeah, I I wasn't suggesting that we take that action.

I just wanted clarification on whether they met that threshold or not, and a reminder of what that threshold was for the right for the record.

Um so um with that.

I'm I'm willing to make a motion to approve the license for Chili's.

All right, and I'll second.

Um second that motion to approve.

Um so we have a motion to approve um the renewal of the Class B beer and liquor combo license for Brinker Restaurant Corporation uh Chili's um motion by Alder Person Manion, seconded by myself.

Committee members can vote when it's before you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you guys for coming in.

She'll be back on the fifth as well.

Um you're certainly welcome to show up on the fifth.

Um, if you're concerned, like I said, this was unanimous, so it'll show up on our consent agenda.

Any members of the council can see that and say, hey, I want to talk about it.

You have at least three council members who have heard your story and you know agree with you know your assessment that you're doing something about it.

So you're welcome to show up, but certainly not required.

Appreciate that.

Thank you so much.

Thank you both.

Um up next we have Hannon's Fine Food and Cocktails, Mark Hannon.

Evening.

Hi, I'm Mark Hannon from Hannon.

Thanks for coming in.

Um I believe you are here for the same issue.

Uh September, you have a failed compliance check.

Could you tell us about what happened and what you've done about it?

Well, she was new and apparently she made a mistake.

She was very upset about it.

Um we sat down and talked about it, and uh I deal with uh an older clientele, and we very rarely have to deal with this, but we have talked about it, and we have uh straightened it out, and there's been no problems ever since.

Okay.

Any questions from the committee members?

We do not have the scanner right now.

No, no.

You said your clientele is particularly older?

Yes, um, have you had any previous compliance checks?

I don't recall seeing you in here before.

Is this the first one in a while?

Or in quite a while, yes.

Okay, thank you.

I know I've seen some other uh agents in here multiple times.

Um I will make a motion to approve.

I'll second the motion.

All right, thank you both.

Um we have a motion to approve um the Class B beer and liquor combo license for Hannons Incorporated, motion by Alder Person Wigderson, seconded by Alder Person Manion.

You guys both vote.

Oh, there it is.

All right.

Um that passes unanimously.

Um so same story as the others, right?

It'll be on our uh council meeting May 5th.

Um welcome to attend, certainly not required.

Um you'll be contacted by the clerk's office afterwards.

Okay, thank you for coming.

All right.

Um, we have quick trip.

Andrew, come on back up.

Hello again.

Hello again.

Nope, same location.

So this is again compliance.

Yep.

Um, well, can you tell us what happened?

Is this for the one back last year?

Sorry, apologize for that.

Yeah, September 24th.

Okay, September 24th, 2025.

It was just a newer co-worker and our policy is to ID anyone who looks 30 or younger, and we scan it or enter the birthday in and just being a new coworker, just I don't know, bad judgment, didn't I done?

Um, like we had Kayla up here, just using it as a teaching tool to get more people to take the alcohol license, and we talk about it at every meeting.

Okay.

Um the person didn't suppose to scan everybody and they didn't scan.

Anyone who looks under 30, we're supposed to yeah, take the IDE scan in.

He did not.

Okay.

Um questions from the committee members.

So I guess what's QuickTrips policy in that in that situation, what happens to the employee and what happens um operationally to address that and ensure that it doesn't happen again.

Yeah, so for a first offense, they get a three-day suspension, and then a second, and that continues a one-year rolling period.

The second offense would be I think it's a five-day suspension, and the third one is termination within a year.

Um so I mean, I just um I know for me personally as a manager.

I just try to talk about it as much as possible.

We have every month um a coworker assigned visits every store, kind of just undercover and does ID checks and um so we try to stay on top of it and you know just talk about it as much as possible.

But policies 30 or under, you should be IDing and scanning.

Okay.

Okay.

I'll make a motion to approve.

No, second.

Okay.

Um both the cigarette and alcohol.

Yes.

Brian's here.

I don't want to get us yelled at for not following the rules.

Um, so we have a motion to approve the cigarette retail license and class A beer insider license for quick trip incorporated.

Um motion by Alder Person Wiggerson, seconded by Alder Person Manion to vote when it's before you that passes unanimously.

Uh so council May 5th.

Don't expect any issues.

You're welcome to come if you want.

Um, you'll hear from them, hear from the clerk's office afterwards.

All right, perfect.

Thank you, guys.

Thank you, Andrew.

Yeah, great day.

You too.

Um moving on, we have waxed candle company LLC.

Evening.

Good evening.

Hi.

You're uh John?

Yep, John Large.

Okay.

And so you own Wax Candle Company and Waxed Vinyl Music?

Yes, yes.

So the wax candle company we're seeking for the wine only.

Um so essentially we make candles there, people come in, it's usually a class, it takes about an hour and a half, and they're always requesting wine to drink there.

Sounds like a thing that would happen.

Yeah, right.

Um, you're you're just opening them up.

You're just opening up and or you've been open for a while and you're deciding to add.

Yeah, so we all be we kind of right after we opened about six months after we first opened a year ago, we decided to start opening up the vinyl lounge, which would be right next door.

So we're kind of pushing the licenses through together.

Like we just were waiting to do them both at the same time.

So now we're getting to completion of the vinyl lounge.

So we that's why that's on the docket, too, I believe.

Okay.

When does that open?

So we're looking at about the end of May.

Um to have some soft openings, and then officially the first week in June.

Okay.

That's what any questions from the committee members?

I'll make a motion to approve both for the vinyl lounge and the wax candle.

Both together.

Okay.

Brian, any concerns with that?

No.

Okay.

All right.

Um we have a motion to approve class C wine license for waxed candle company and a reserved class B beer and liquor combo license for waxed vinyl music lounge.

Uh motion by Alder Person Wigderson, seconded by Alder Person Manion.

Committee members can vote once before you and that passes unanimously.

Okay.

Seeing that this is a new license.

Should we plan to be here on the fifth?

Or do you suspect that?

Um, no, you weren't here for any like particular issue.

Yeah.

Just folks who are applying for a new license.

We like them to come in to hear a little bit about the business and just kind of you know, nice introduction for yeah, for sure.

Okay.

And we we hope to never see you again.

Yes.

At your place of business.

I agree.

Thank you.

Thank you, John.

All right.

Um moving on to other applications.

Um as we move into renewal season.

Um there any concerns from clerk's office or any checks on any of these renewal applications?

No concerns on any of these license applications from the clerk's office.

Thank you.

Brian, any concerns from the city attorney's office.

Any concerns from the committee members?

All right.

I will start the lengthy reading of uh reading all these off.

Uh so I will make a motion to approve.

Um Sendix Food Market on Meadowbrook Road, Class A, beer and liquor retail, pick and save number 308, class A beer and liquor retail, Woodman's food market, class A beer and liquor retail, the Rotunda, Class B beer and liquor combo, the Hilltop Pub, Class B beer and liquor combo, mom's kitchen, walkie Shaw, Class B beer and liquor combo.

Sobleman's Pub and Grill Walkie Shaw, Class B, beer and liquor combo, South Side Fuzzies, Pub and Grill, Class B, beer and liquor combo, Sunset Bowl, Class B, beer and liquor combo, Tofty's Table, Class B beer and Liquor Combo, Spanish Traveler, Class B beer and Liquor Combo, City News and Video, Adult Oriented Establishment, BB's on Maine, Amusement Games and Devices, The Hilltop Pub, Amusement Games and Devices, Hannon's Fine Food and Cocktails, Amusement Games and Devices, South Side Fuzzies, Pub and Grill, Amusement Games and Devices, Sunset Bowl, Amusement Games and Devices, Woodman's Food Market, Amusement Games and Devices, Sunset Bowl, Bowling Lanes, The Hilltop Pub, Jukebox, Hannon's Find Food and Cocktails, Jukebox, South Side Fuzzies, Pub and Grill, Jukebox, Sunset Bowl, Jukebox, Park Place, MHC, Mobile Home Trailer Park, BB's on Main, Pool Table Coin Operated, the Hilltop Pub, Pool Table Coin Operated, Hannon's Find Food and Cocktails, Pool Table Coin Operated, South Side Fuzzy's Pub and Grill, Pool Table Coin Operated.

Sunset Bowl, Pool Table Coin Operated, One Stop Wonders, Second Hand Article Dealer, and Costa's Fine Jewelry and Coins, Secondhand Jewelry Dealer.

Give me one moment.

We might have skipped a page.

Yes, starting at number 20 through 24.

If you're missing a page, I can give you a copy to read off.

I am missing a page.

All right, that would be why.

All right.

Thank you, somebody for keeping an eye out.

That's what I get for reading off real paper, huh?

All right.

Also, Meadowbrook Corner Pump, Class A Beer In Cider, Panos Fresh Market, Class A Beer and Cider, and Class B beer.

Crush LLC, extension of premises, Magellans, extension of premises, BB's on Main, Jukebox.

Second the motion.

Alright, thank you.

I am not reading those again.

So hopefully Brian will forgive me since I made the motion.

So we have a motion to approve all of those.

Motion by myself, seconded by Alder Person Manion.

Committee members can vote when it's before you.

And that is approved unanimously.

Moving on to our next agenda point, discussion and possible recommendation on AB 105 submitted by North Pillar Brewing Company for 2026.

Jazz at Cutler Park.

Brian, you want to throw in an advertisement for Jazz in the Park?

Sure.

We're gonna have delicious beer from North Pillar Brewing Company there.

Are we actually going to this year?

To have beer there?

Yeah.

Well, I guess that's up to you right now whether you approve the license.

Touche.

I don't think I made it last year.

What did you have beer last year too?

Yes.

Okay.

I was there the year before and you didn't have it yet.

So any concerns from your side on this request, Brian?

No.

As long as they have uh the permit from the park rec department.

Okay.

Concerns from committee members or questions.

Not that anybody's here from North Pillar.

Okay, thank you.

I'll make a motion to um approve 26-0344, which is AB-105, North Pillar Brewing Company for 2026 Jazz at Cutler Park.

I'll second the motion.

All right.

Um we have a motion to approve.

Um the AB 105 submitted by North Pillar Brewing Company for 2026 Jazz at Cutler Park.

Motion by Doreen Wigderson, Alder Person Wigerson, and seconded by Alder Person Manion.

Vote when it's before you.

That passes unanimously.

Um the next item, uh AB 105 submitted by North North Pillar Brewing for Beats by the River on June 13th, 2026, is going to be held to the next meeting uh at the request of our Parks Rec and Forestry Department.

There are some changes going on with that event, and they asked me to hold that application pending changes to the event.

Okay.

So uh any communications from the city attorney's office?

No.

Clerk's office?

No.

All right.

Just a question.

Is there?

Is there a reason that um North Pillars uh Friday Night Live AB 105 didn't come back this meeting?

Is it still being hammered out?

Correct.

I believe we're still waiting on uh just a drawing to give them more um insight on the depiction of what their plan is for their setup.

Okay.

Thank you.

All right.

There's no other questions or concerns.

We are adjourned at 6 37.

Thanks, everybody.