Local Licensing Authority Minutes 2003 03 31

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Louisville Local Licensing Authority Meeting Date: March 31, 2003 Page 3 of 6 Mr. Byung U. Min, owner of Little Tokyo, represented himself. Mr. Namki Yun, his interpreter, accompanied him. Mr. Min was sworn in. He stated in his opening remarks that he was in financial trouble and intended to pay all sales tax owed. He needed a couple of weeks to bring his payments current. Mr. Shapiro called his first witness. Ms. Penney Bolte, Sales Tax Coordinator for the City of Louisville, was sworn in. Mr. Shapiro asked Ms. Bolte to explain a sales tax payment history provided to the Authority. Ms. Bolte explained that since the City of Louisville became self-collecting in June of 2002, Little Tokyo has made no payment of sales tax until February 21, 2003. Before June 2002 the State of Colorado collected sales tax. According to the State, one payment had not been received and four other payments were only partial. Mr. Shapiro asked Ms. Bolte if she had made any effort to contact Mr. Min regarding the delinquency of his account. Ms. Bolte answered she had set up an appointment for Mr. Min and his accountant to come in to her office. Mr. Min did not show up for the meeting and made no attempt to contact Ms. Bolte. Member Mulvahill asked Ms. Bolte how much money Mr. Min owed in sales tax. Ms. Bolte replied she was not allowed to give out that information because it was confidential. Mr. Min did not have any questions for Ms. Bolte. Mr. Min then made a statement. He acknowledged he has been delinquent with his sales tax and has set up a payment plan with the State of Colorado. Mr. Min continued, saying he only needed three weeks to get his sales tax current. Mr. Min provided the Authority with money order receipts which showed payments had been made to the State of Colorado. Mr. Shapiro then made his closing statement. He reiterated that Little Tokyo knowingly was delinquent on monies not theirs to begin with. Mr. Min was to hold the sales tax collected in trust for the City of Louisville and this was not done. Mr. Min did not have a closing statement. Chairperson Lipton then made a motion to go into an executive session solely for the purpose of consulting with the Authority Attorney. All members were in favor. The meeting was suspended at 8:05 p.m. Regular business items continued. Chairperson Lipton called the meeting back to order at 8:14 p.m. After the executive session concluded, the Authority had comments regarding the delinquent sales tax. G:\LIQUOR~2003\MINUTES\MINUTF:S MAR 03.DOC