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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April 20,2015 Page 7 14 Business Items (Action Items) a. Approve/Deny an On-Sale Wine and On-Sale 3.2% Liquor License for LISU, LLC, d/b/a Lisu Thai Taste, at 2575 Fairview Avenue Etten moved, Willmus seconded, approval of LISU, LLC's request for an On-Sale Wine License and On-Sale 3.2% Liquor License located at 2575 Fairview Ave- nue;pending completion of successful background checks. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Finance Director Miller assured her and the City Council that part of the licensing process included alerting and moni- toring server/manager training. Roll Call Ayes: Willmus, Etten, McGehee, Laliberte and Roe. Nays: None. 13 Budget Items a. 2016 Budget Calendar As detailed in the RCA and attachments dated April 20, 2015, Finance Director Miller opined that from staff's perspective, it appeared that the 2015 budget pro- cess had been well-received by the City Council. Mr. Miller advised that staff was seeking input from the City Council as to any areas of improvement that should be incorporated for the 2016 budget cycle; or any nuances they might wish to incorporate in consideration of the newly-appointed Finance Commission and the role the City Council wished them to play in this year's budget process. As outlined in the RCA, Mr. Miller advised that staff had provided some thoughts specific to the Finance Commission. City Manager Trudgeon distributed a bench handout entitled, "Potential 2016 Budget Calendar" with suggested dates available to consider for the budget pro- cess. Mr. Trudgeon noted the limited dates available in May for presentations by the Department Heads, thus the need to move some optional dates into June to fa- cilitate those discussions. If following the same process as last year, Mr. Trudgeon noted that the proposed calendar fit into other scheduled City Council meeting dates, with the exception of the possible need for separate meetings over two dates, as done last year, to al- low more time for those Department Head presentations early in the process. Mr. Trudgeon advised that if those first dates for Department budget presentations can be formalized, staff would then move ahead with subsequent dates. At the request of City Manager Trudgeon, Finance Director Miller confirmed that municipalities had until September 30, 2015 to submit their preliminary levies to Ramsey County.