HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-247
JULY 25, 2006 06-247 RESOLUTION
(CARRIED___6-1____ LOST _______ LAID OVER _______ WITHDRAWN _______)
PURPOSE:REPEAL STATE - IMPOSED LICENSE QUOTA
INITIATED BY:COUNCIL MEMBER ESSLINGER
WHEREAS, the State of Wisconsin has imposed on local communities a quota for
"Class B" (intoxicating liquor) licenses that limit the number of establishments in Oshkosh
that can serve both beer and alcohol; and
WHEREAS, the State of Wisconsin does permit communities to exercise a local
option whereby no such licenses can be issued, such as the Village of Ephraim which is
"dry"; and
WHEREAS, such restrictions on the number of "Class B" can hurt the economic
development of the community and represent a relic from the days of Prohibition that has
outlived its usefulness;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the city of
Oshkosh that the Council go on record as opposing the continued effect of state-imposed
"Class B" license quotas on local communities, and asks that the Wisconsin Legislature
repeal this quota.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is authorized and directed to
forward copies of this resolution to the Governor, Senator Carol Roessler, Representative
Gregg Underheim, Representative, Carol Owens, the Alliance of Cities and the League of
Wisconsin Municipalities.
STATE OF WISCONSIN)
COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO) SS
CITY OF OSHKOSH)
I, PAMELA R. UBRIG, City Clerk for the City of Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin,
do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and correct copy of the original on file in
my office, adopted by the Common Council of the City of Oshkosh, Wisconsin at the meeting
held on July 25, 2006.
Witness my hand and the Corporation seal of the City of Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
DATED:July 26, 2006__________________________________________
City Clerk of the City of Oshkosh,
Winnebago County, Wisconsin