Jordan Independent - City sets hearing on $4,000 liquor license fee - Comments

One thing that was left out

Mathias Baden — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:02:34 -0600

One thing that was left out of the above story: Last year, the city council increased the liquor license fee by $1,000, as well. At that time, an increase of $2,000 had been proposed by city staff and the council decided to spread the increase over two years.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

Making a 33% increase on the

Brewers of Jordan bar and grill — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:51:30 -0600

Making a 33% increase on the liquor license is unfair to the small business owners, which is a substantial increase that could affect a business fataly. Part of making the decision to buy a business is weighing the cost of licenses and you anticipate increase, you add that into your business plan and budget accordingly, an increase of this significance could not be anticipated.
If the goal is to keep up with the surrounding areas that should have been brought into consideration earlier, trying to catch up all at once is not fair to the business owners.

City sets hearing on $4,000 liquor license fee

Mathias Baden — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:00:21 -0600

A public hearing on a proposal to charge $4,000 for each on-sale intoxicating liquor license is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 3.