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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Anna Rosenberry, Finance Director
Chris Kukulski, City Manager
SUBJECT: Resolution No. 4079 – Establishing Fees for Beer, Wine and Liquor
Licenses for the next two years.
MEETING DATE: October 22, 2007
BACKGROUND: With the adoption of Ordinance No. 1722, the City can now establish the
fees for Beer, Wine, and Liquor licenses through resolution. In accordance with Bozeman
Municipal Code 5.12.090, fees derived from the sale of these licenses must be used for
“defraying the costs of necessary police regulation, inspection, and control under the police
power of the city, and not for revenue…”
*Requires State License endorsement and applicable City of Bozeman Beer/Wine/Liquor
licenses.
Beer & Wine:
Current Fee
(Since 1992)
Proposed
January 1,
2008
Proposed
January 1,
2009
Brewers $100.00 $150.00 $200.00
Wholesalers of Beer & Wine $75.00 $115.00 $150.00
Retail Sale of Beer $200.00 $300.00 $400.00
Retail Sale of Wine $200.00 $300.00 $400.00
Liquor:
Retail Sale of Liquor $300.00 $450.00 $600.00
Catering Alcohol* – Per Event $35.00 $55.00 $70.00
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These fee amounts have not been increased for more than 15 years. This resolution
increases the above fees by approximately 50% beginning January 2008, and again by 33%
beginning January 2009. The resolution does not provide separate license designations for
Clubs & Fraternal Organizations (as our prior ordinance did) because we have no clubs or
fraternal organizations that have historically used those license designations. They purchase the
full Beer/Wine/Liquor licenses from both the City and the State.
These City licenses are renewed annually, each January. Renewal notices are sent to current
licensees in mid-November.
Since 1992, the City has seen an increase in personnel costs and the number of officers and staff
that are needed to handle alcohol related crimes. Our police department (sworn and
administrative) numbered 32.2 FTE’s in 1992 and has increased by 25.5 FTE’s (a 79% increase)
to a total of 57.75 FTE’s in the current fiscal year. Since 1992, there has also been an 80%
increase in the annual salary of a confirmed police officer (from $1,877/mo to $3,418/mo.) The
police department now estimates that the majority of contacts and investigations made during
nighttime hours involve either direct alcohol consumption (DUI) or are indirectly related, with
alcohol being an aggravating factor; open containers, domestic abuse with one or both partners
intoxicated; fights and loud parties involving alcohol consumption.
In addition, the legal costs to prosecute alcohol-related citations have increased. In 1992, the
City had one part-time prosecutor. In 2007, the City is struggling to keep up with caseloads
using one full-time prosecutor and a part-time contracted prosecutor.
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution No. 4079 – Establishing Fees for Beer, Wine and
Liquor Licenses for the next two years.
FISCAL EFFECTS: Adoption of this resolution will increase Beer, Wine and Liquor
Licenses revenues by approximately $21,500 (to a total of $64,500) in FY08 and an additional
$21,500 (to a total of $86,000) in FY09. This money will defray costs of police officers and
prosecution that are currently paid out of the General Fund budget. With these new fees due in
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January 2008, consideration could also be given to increasing our existing level of contract
prosecution in FY08.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
Respectfully submitted,
Anna Rosenberry, Finance Director
Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
Attachment: Resolution No. 4079
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COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 4079
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN,
MONTANA, ESTABLISHING LICENSE FEES FOR BEER, WINE, AND
LIQUOR LICENSES FOR THE CITY OF BOZEMAN.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, following notice and public
hearing establishes the following license fees.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of the City of
Bozeman, Montana, that the annual license fees for years beginning January 1, 2008,
January 1, 2009 and years thereafter are as follows:
Section 1 – Annual License Fees
Beer & Wine: January 1, 2008 January 1, 2009
Brewers $150.00 $200.00
Wholesalers of Beer & Wine $115.00 $150.00
Retail Sale of Beer $300.00 $400.00
Retail Sale of Wine $300.00 $400.00
Liquor:
Retail Sale of Liquor $450.00 $600.00
Catering Alcohol* – per event $55.00 $70.00
*Requires State License endorsement and applicable City of Bozeman Beer/Wine/Liquor
licenses.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana,
at a regular session thereof held on the 22nd day of October 2007, and effective for all
licenses beginning January 1, 2008.
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JEFFREY K. KRAUSS
Mayor
ATTEST:
_____________________________________
STACY ULMEN
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_____________________________________
PAUL J. LUWE
City Attorney
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