Remarks by Denise Fenton
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I'd like to call to order this meeting of the Safety and Licensing Committee for Wednesday, September 23, 2026. It's 534, actually. Please rise and join me for the Pledge of Allegiance.
All right. Roll call of membership. I am Denise Fenton, the alder from District 6. And the vice chair of the committee, Chair Krote, is excused tonight. So I will be trying to take his place. And from my left.
All right. We have our first item is approval of the minutes from our previous meetings, the first of which is from September 9, 26-1229. Move to approve.
All right. We have a motion and a second. Are there any updates or changes to those minutes? Seeing none, let's go ahead and vote. All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. That passes 4-0. Now to our next meeting minutes of September 16th, item 26-1238. Move to approve.
All right. We have a motion and a second. Any updates or corrections to those? Seeing none, we'll go ahead and vote. All those in favor, please signify by saying aye.
Aye. That passes 4-0. All right. Public hearings and appearances, 26-1137. We have a demerit point violation appearance from Antijitos Mexicanos. Is there anyone here from Antijitos? Please come on. I will turn the podium microphone. So we ask, excuse me one second. So this was from two convictions on the 19th and the 26th, one for dispensing alcohol to a minor and one for having no licensed bartender on premises. Those two together were 120 demerit points. And at this time, the license for this establishment has a total of 200 demerit points assessed within the last 24 months. So we ask,…
OK, thank you. Just if I may, just a question to the city attorney. And you're on. So in terms of the number of points, can you explain, while the establishment has 200 points, the situation in terms of the license? Sure. Oh, thank you. Of course I got it wrong.
Thank you. Are there any questions from any other committee members?
Excellent. All right. Thank you for coming before us. And obviously you're aware of the situation and do remember that the police department at any time can offer you that training. Thank you.
Yes, yes, you may. You do not have to stay. All right. 26-115A, we have a demerit point violation appearance for Sairam Indian Cuisine. Is there somebody here? All right. Please come to the microphone and, again, state your name and address for the record.
Thank you. And again, as I said before, always be aware that the police department offers free training for your staff.
All right, thank you for coming to appear before us tonight, and you're free. Thank you. All right, moving to our action items, 26-1219. We have a special event application for hands off our vote, information fair and celebration event. Can we get a motion to get it on the floor?
All right, we have a motion and a second, and there's somebody who wants to talk to it? Hang on one second. Let me get your podium mic back on. OK. Name and address for the record.
So just a quick question. So I understand this organization has had a special event permit before. So what was the reason for missing that 45-day window?
Okay. Thank you. I think it said 32 in the letter, but anyway, thank you for that. And I would just ask Clerk Molitor, what is the status of the approvals? All right, clerk Molitor.
Thank you, and we'll bring it up here now. All right, thank you very much.
All right, I see Alder Hartzheim. And you're on 13. That's correct.
All right. Anyone else? Anyone from up here? Oh, Alder Hayden. I remembered that.
understood. And that is how we've done it in the past. And I know we've had some discussions about while this is a normal process and there are appeals that can be done for other administrative issues, we are just about at two years now. Am I correct? Seems like it was October of 2024 that Am I fairly close?
2020. OK. So we're not quite at two years yet. But I do think that, I mean, we've approved quite a few of these. I do think that just in terms of the staff time, et cetera, This is something we might want to consider by enacting a late charge. But I will go along with the motion contingent. All right. Anyone else?
So we're voting on recommending approval of the application contingent on all department approvals being in place. And the next council meeting will be October 7. So that'll be 10 days before. All right.
Okay. Well, I said all. I'm sorry. I was thinking insurance would be risk management.
All right. So we have a motion and a second. All in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. That passes 4-0. And again, this will come before the full council with a recommendation of approval contingent on all of the steps being completed. OK. We're done. Thank you. All right. Moving to our next action item, item 26-1226, resolution number 13R-26, requesting state review of intentional disruptive motor vehicle noise and driver demerit point penalties.
All right, we have a motion and a second. I think one of the authors is present, so we would hear from him. What mic are you on, Alder Meltzer? All right, Alder Meltzer.
Thank you. Any questions? Alder Hayden. And I see you, Alder, part time. I just saw him first. Alder Hayden.