The city has approved first reading of an ordinance that reduces the various kinds of malt beverage licenses and South Dakota farm wine licenses to a single license. The change is in keeping with a new state law passed by the 2018 state legislature.
Currently, there are four classes of licenses; retail on-off sale malt beverage, package off-sale malt beverage, package off-sale malt beverage and SD farm wine license and retail off-sale malt beverage and SD farm wine license.
The costs of these licenses range from $200 to $325.
The new license fee will be $300 with a transfer fee of $150.
The second reading of the ordinance is scheduled for May 7th.
In other business the commission approved a payment in the amount of $125,475.30 to Kyburz Carlson Construction for the new Public Works Building.