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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 28, 2013 Page 8 City was part of the consortium, Councilmember Etten opined that the City had a responsibility to move that position forward accordingly. Mayor Roe suggested that it was appropriate for the City Council to keep these things in mind as it analyzed the City of Roseville's IT staff and previous discus- sions with staff', in use of those positions and monitoring it on a local level and generally as well. Mayor Roe expressed his appreciation for staff's ongoing mon- itoring of that situation, which may be helpful in future decision-making. Going forward, Councilmember Willmus expressed his hope that the City of Ro- seville would consider bringing the consortium into more of a leadership role and retaining employees in-house in those partner cities as their own employees. Roll Call Ayes: Laliberte; Etten; McGehee; and Roe. Nays: Willmus. Motion carried. h. Set Public Hearing to Consider Transfer of Off-Sale Liquor License to Minnesota Fine Wines & Spirits, LLC (Total Wine & More) At the request of Mayor Roe, Interim City Manager Trudgeon briefly summarized this request, as detailed in the RCA dated October 28, 2013. Councilmember Laliberte noted the number of e-mails she had personally re- ceived when Cost Plus World Market was seeking restoration of their liquor li- cense in Roseville when they re-opened; and suggested that, in the near future or as part of this item, the City Council may wish to reconsider the issue of how many liquor licenses it should have available. Councilmember Willmus offered to provide a copy of background materials to staff for forwarding to City Councilmembers regarding those discussions held last year, as well as past discussions, on whether or not to make additional licenses available. Councilmember Willmus noted that, while a conscientious decision had been made in the past regarding rationale in limiting those licenses to ten, and staff's recommendation to increase the number, there was little detail in meeting minutes or reports from that time to provide additional insight. Councilmember Willmus did note that Cost Plus World Market had attempted to sway the City Council to increase the number of licenses available, as well as attempting to ac- quire another firm's liquor license, during their recent re-opening in Roseville, both to no avail. While admitting that it had been sometime since she'd received feedback, Coun- cilmember Laliberte noted the apparent interest of residents in having that discus- sion.