7.b Resolution No. 2020-24 Meisters Liquor Violation Findings and PenaltiesRESOLUTION NO. 2020-24
CITY OF SCANDIA, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION IMPOSING LICENSE SUSPENSION AND CIVIL PENALTIES
ON MEISTERS BAR & GRILL FOR LIQUOR LICENSE VIOLATION
WHEREAS, Meister's Bar & Grill located at 14808 Oakhill Road N. has been issued an On -
Sale Intoxicating Liquor License by the City of Scandia and the State of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, On December 30, 2019, Meister's Bar & Grill failed an alcohol compliance
check conducted by the Washington County Sheriff's Office, when alcohol was sold to a person
under the age of 21; and
WHEREAS, on February 18, 2020 the employee who made the sale pleaded guilty to a
misdemeanor charge of providing alcohol to a person under the age of 21; and
WHEREAS, on July 21, 2020 the City Council held a hearing, pursuant to Scandia's Code
of Ordinances, Chapter 110, Liquor Regulations for the City of Scandia, to consider the violation
and proposed penalties and to hear any person who may wish to speak;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCANDIA,
WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, that it hereby finds that a liquor license violation did
occur at Meister's Bar & Grill on December 30, 2019, namely the sale of alcohol to a person
under the age of 21 (compliance check failure) in violation of State Statutes and City Ordinance,
that being the first violation to occur at said establishment;
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the penalties for this violation shall be as follows:
1. The license shall be suspended for a period of one (1) day, said suspension to occur
on
2. A civil penalty of $500.00 which shall be paid to the City of Scandia within 30 days.
Adopted by the Scandia City Council this 21st day of July, 2020.
Christine Maefsky, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kenneth Cammilleri, City Administrator