06.i Staff report - Tobacco License Scandia Olde Towne Liquor
Staff Report
Date of Meeting: January 18, 2022
To: City Council
From: Brenda Eklund, City Clerk
Re: Tobacco Products Sales License for Change in Ownership – Scandia Olde Towne Liquor
Background:
Chapter 111 of Scandia’s Code of Ordinances regulates the sale and use of tobacco products
within the City of Scandia. Upon receipt of a completed application, the Clerk shall forward the
application to City Council for action at its next regularly scheduled meeting. The City Council
may either approve or deny the license, or it may delay action for such reasonable period of
time as necessary to complete any investigation of the application or the applicant it deems
necessary. If the City Council approves the license, the Clerk shall issue the license to the
applicant. If the City Council denies the license, notice of the denial shall be given to the
applicant along with notice of the applicant’s right to appeal the Council’s decision.
Issue:
Should a Tobacco Products Sales License be approved for the business Scandia Olde Towne
Liquor that will have a change in ownership effective February 1, 2022?
Proposal Details:
The business Scandia Olde Towne Liquor has been approved for the sales of tobacco products
by the City of Scandia since 2007, and by Washington County in years prior under New Scandia
Township. The new business owner Roxanne Bluhm proposes to take over the business on
approximately February 1, 2022, and has applied for a 2022 tobacco products sales license for
this change in ownership.
The application meets all the requirements of the City’s ordinance regulating the sale and use
of tobacco products. The license fee has been paid. Upon completion of the required
investigation of the new owner, the Sheriff’s office found no reasons not to approve the license
for Scandia Olde Towne Liquor. If approved, the license shall be valid for the current calendar
year.
Options:
1) Approve the tobacco products sales license for Scandia Olde Towne Liquor effective
with the proposed change in ownership on February 1, 2022.
2) Delay action on the tobacco products sales license application.
3) Do not approve the tobacco products sales license application.
Recommendation:
Option 1.