Protection and Welfare Committee

City of Oconomowoc Protection & Welfare Committee Aldermen: Shaw, Chairman / Spiegelberg, Secy / Rogers Tuesday, September 03, 2019 - 6:55 PM City Hall - Conference Room 3 (or immediately following Committee-of-the-Whole) Notice: If a person with a disability requires that the meeting be accessible or that materials at the meeting be in accessible format, call the City Clerk at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to request adequate accommodations. Tel: 569-2186. 1. Call to order and confirmation of appropriate meeting notification 2. Committee Business a. Consider/recommend Granting a New 2019 Reserve "Class B" Intoxicating Liquor/Fermented Malt Beverage License to Brinker Restaurant Corporation (Chili's Grill & Bar) 3. Adjourn ________________________________ Diane Coenen, City Clerk City of Oconomowoc Notice is hereby given that a majority of the Common Council will be present at the above scheduled meeting to gather information about a subject over which they have decision-making responsibility. This constitutes a meeting of the Common Council pursuant to State ex rel. Badke v. Greendale Village Board, 173Wis. 2d 553, 494 N.W. 2d 408 (1993) and must be noticed as such, although the Common Council will not take any formal action at this meeting. 1  MEMORANDUM CLERKS Date: August 27, 2019 To: Protection & Welfare Mayor Nold Common Council From: Diane Coenen Re: New Reserve “Class B” License – Brinker Restaurant Corp dba Chili’s Grill & Bar RELATES TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN Strategic Goal – Focus on Economic Development BACKGROUND The City received an application for a Reserve “Class B” Intoxicating Liquor/Fermented Malt Beverage license from Brinker Restaurant Corp., Matthew Fitzgerald, Agent, to sell intoxicating liquor and fermented malt beverages at Chili’s Grill & Bar at 1229 Corporate Center Dr. Brinker Restaurant Corp. has purchased the restaurant from ERJ Dining and will close on or about September 5, 2019. Upon the successful closing, ERJ Dining will surrender their Reserve “Class B” license to the City. The restaurant operations will remain the same. The applicant meets all Chapter 12 and State licensing requirements. ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS N/A FINANCIAL IMPACT When ERJ Dining first applied for a “Class B” license, they were issued a Reserve license and paid the initial $10,000 Reserve fee. Due to the change in ownership, an original Alcohol Beverage Retail License Application must be submitted per Statue and the new licensee must also pay the initial $10,000 Reserve fee. RECOMMENDATION Committee Recommendation: Move to recommend granting a new 2019 Reserve “Class “B” Intoxicating Liquor/Fermented Malt Beverage license to Brinker Restaurant Corp. on the condition the Clerk not issue the license until the new owner confirms the sale of the property. SUGGESTED MOTION Council Recommendation: Move to adopt the resolution granting a new 2019 Reserve “Class “B” Intoxicating Liquor/Fermented Malt Beverage license to Brinker Restaurant Corp. on the condition the Clerk not issue the license until the new owner confirms the sale of the property. 1 2  RESOLUTION NO. 19-R_______ RESOLUTION GRANTING NEW 2019 RESERVE “CLASS B” INTOXICATING LIQUOR/FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE LICENSE TO BRINKER RESTAURANT CORPORATION DBA CHILI’S GRILL & BAR WHEREAS, an application for the following new license has been made, necessary fees deposited and all legal procedures have been taken, as per ordinance of the City of Oconomowoc. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Oconomowoc that the following license be granted (will expire on June 30, 2020): Reserve “Class B” License (serve intoxicating liquor/fermented malt beverages) Brinker Restaurant Corporation dba Chili’s Grill & Bar 1229 Corporate Center Drive Matthew Fitzgerald, Agent 518 Cassie Lynn Lane DATED: September 3, 2019 CITY OF OCONOMOWOC By: David Nold, Mayor ATTEST: Diane Coenen, City Clerk 3