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VILTA'1E COUNCIL OF ROS'EVILT..E Regular IDe:)ting, T:10;JJay Eve. June' 1954 3 O'Clock P.l>!. The TJilla:ß Council met on the above date with tho follo~.,ing members present. Salverda,ì'JïlL'1l'J.s, Olson and Ha.ml1lersten. Hilner Carley and B.·J. Loftsgaa..:....den. VillaGe Engineer and Villace attorney were al~o present. Olson rnoved,seconded byWil~~s that the minutes of the last meeting of June 1st be approved as corrected. Hr. Earl Anderson lShl Arona a res:ident of Fa.lcon Heights and one of few la~jers who reside in the rural area appeared before the Comcil at the requcst of a group of residents of Roseville who were concerned about a.n article appearing in the paper regarding the establishment of on On- sale liquor store. 1'Ir Anderson stated that the group he represen-Gs were opposed to the store and the St.Viichael church went, on record last Sunday as opposing the store. Hr. Anderson complimented the Village on its fine grm-Tth a..'1:1 knew of the fina.'1.cial problems we are confronted. ,-rith. Rev. Ellison, of the Calvary Baptist Church with a membership of 200 people said they were perturbed when they saw an article in the paps!' that plans were under way for the establishing an On-sale liquor store. Mayor Oh¡on said he was perturbed al::;o a;3 the newspaper article only included his n~~e. Rev. Ellison said we has a fine school system and they ¡{ere working hard to work out a plan for the YJU-."1g people and asked that the Council think three or f'~ur t:L'TICS before they decUe ,-¡hat to do. :Tis church group were definitly opposed to s11ch plans. Van Harwood 1159 Karyl place ::elt the taxpayers should decide the matter rather than the Cm.mcil 3..TJd 'fas opposed to the starting of an On- sale place and wanted the Cou:nci1s a.TJSWi3r on the advantages of such a store. \'Jillmu5 answered by sayIng (with all the demands made on the Council for ser/ices we could use another $100.000.00 dollars and with a store of that kind we could probably make that muck money to render the services asked for.) Van Harwood felt the COŒllci1 should decide most issuer: but something as large as the.t ;.;h,)uld be decided by the votors. "Harth Dchs 1179 Ski11ma..'1 Ave. asked if any thought had been given to issueing licenses to individuals. Hinneapolis liquor stores have gone sour in some instances by employees not being honest. B..J. Loftsgaarden stated the legislature had set up the reg:Üations by which Minnes_ota ; operates. Rev. Jas. Butle'!:' of the North Como Presbyterian church said he had been throu~l this thing sever~l times. The promises made fell short of the goal at Worthington j"'Iinn. a.'1d severa] other towns <:1.'1d felt if the citizens could not pay for the services they need rather than on tho 1-realmess of a fe"1 who patronize those places some other meam:¡ of revenue" should be found. If licenses were put in the hands of individuals we . could crack d:!'\ffi an them.If the Village is in control nothi..~g ca..'1 be donc. Oeo R.ebeck 1171 Eldridge ýJa.'J opposed to liquor.in an on sale place or by indiv Id-J.als, saying you could not get liq:wr anywhere in Roseville without driving to tho stores. 1\irs. Philip Bourt'lc 2;:50 No. 3ncllL.'1g Ave. asked if we went Into the matter, if we had to submit it to the people for a vote or could the council decide. 502 Opposition to Liquor Store