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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 08, 2010 Page 6 cated to the City; and whether the City realized any additional costs for enforce- ment of the currency exchange portion of this business. Mr. Trudgeon responded that he was not aware of any portion of the fee allocated to the City, with the Pawn License itself in the City providing a hefty fee; but no separate or distinct license for the currency exchange business from a municipal level; and the City only requested to provide comment to the Department of Commerce as they reviewed renewals for currency exchange business licenses. Mayor Klausing opened and closed the Public Hearing at 6:41 p.m. for the pur- pose of hearing public comment on approving/supporting renewal of the 2011 currency exchange license for Pawn America, 1715 Rice Street with no one ap- pearing for or against. 12. Business Items (Action Items) a. Consider the Renewal of Currency Exchange License for Pawn America, 1715 Rice Street Councilmember Pust sought further clarification on how calls were distinguished between pawn transactions and currency exchanges; and incident of calls from the City's Police Department. Police Chief Rick Mathwig responded that the Police Department considered any service call to that address, whether related to the currency exchange portion of the business or the pawn business. Chief Mathwig advised that Pawn America had been of great assistance to the Department in tracking digital information; and had no concern about the operations of either portion of the business. Councilmember Pust considered the Chief's comments to mean that this type of business, by its very nature, caused more police calls, but if this type of business were to be in the community, this firm was a good business partner. Chief Mathwig clarified that given the location of the Pawn America business, any time you introduced significant traffic into an area, from his perspective, it created additional issues and service calls. Klausing moved, Johnson seconded, approval /support of the request by Pawn America Minnesota LLC, 1715 N Rice Street, Roseville, to renew their license to operate currency exchange businesses in Roseville for the 2011 calendar year. Councilmember Ihlan spoke in opposition to the motion, as she had voted against it originally, since it was not a required part of the pawn shop license and was a separate business licensed through the Department of Commerce. Councilmemb- er Ihlan expressed concern with the excessive fees charged by currency exchanges