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City sets hearing on $4,000 liquor license fee

November 6, 2007 - 12:00am — Mathias Baden
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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.

The city plans to increase the license fee by $1,000, or 33 percent, over last year's price tag, and councilmembers Mike Shaw and David Hanson said the fee is too high.

"I don't want to foget that you're going to a small-business owner and asking them to pay 33 percent more," Hanson said.

"I can support like a 10 percent increase," Shaw said.

That would be $300.

The city staff proposed the move "two or three years ago" and told the barowners, Councilmember Jeremy Goebel said. "This is no shock to them."

Compared to neighboring cities' liquor license fees, Jordan's fees are cheap.

"Being competitive with our neighbors is an important part of this," Jordan Mayor Ron Jabs said. 

The city is also proposing increases for the following liquor licenses: from $125 to $150 for off-sale intoxicating; from $225 to $250 for on-sale non-intoxicating; and from $125 to $150 for off-sale non-intoxicating. The new fees would go into effect in 2008.

Jabs said that the city needs "a full, rousing discussion" of the proposal.

"And we'll get that," Shaw added. 


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Making a 33% increase on the...

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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.


Submitted by Brewers of Jord... on November 7, 2007 - 4:51pm.

One thing that was left out...

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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.)


Submitted by Mathias Baden on November 7, 2007 - 5:02pm.

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