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session 1535, Minutes January 21, 1991 Page 2 Delmar by the Missouri Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights. Council ac- tion is required because of the group's non-profit status; taxes will contin- ue to be paid since they are renters, not owners. '!he group has had office space elsewhere in University City and has fully conq;>lied with all laws. Mr. Wagner moved approval. Mr. Schoomer seconded the motion, which carried unanimously. LIQUOR LICENSE - 7555 OLIVE 0ClUIEVARD '!he City Manager recornrnended denial of the application of Mr. Ozell Walker for a license to sell all types of intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail at the J.B. IDunge (fonnerly pier 75), 7555 Olive, until such time as the Council is convinced that anyone connected with the Voyager IDunge in st. IDuis City is not involved in any way with this operation. He said staff in- vestigation of the application has indicated close connections to the Voya- ger, which has had several liquor license suspensions and has required hun- dreds of hours of police attention due to illegal activities. He noted that this application was a substitute for the original, therefore, Mr. Walker must convince Council that the SUSPected connection does not exist and that he can prevent improPer activity. '!he City Manager added that liquor licens- es are a privilege to those who demonstrate the ability to operate an estab- lishment without undue attention from law enforcement officials. It was detennined that the applicant was not present; however, Mr. Ollendorff said Mr. Walker had called several times to be sure this item was to be on the agenda, so it was decided to postpone consideration until he arrives. OUARI'ERLY BUI:X;EI' TRANSFERS '!he City Manager recornrnended approval of budget transfers from areas where funds are available to accounts that have proven to be inadequately budgeted: In most cases, additional funding is needed due to unforeseen costs or carry- ing out programs authorized by Council and expected by citizens. Mr. Adams moved approval, with Mr. Schoorner seconding the motion. Mr. Wagner noted that overtime costs in the Mlmicipal Court and Fire Depart- ment were quite sizeable, and he wished to know why. Mr. Ollendorff said the reason for most of the overtime in those departments was an unusual amount of employee absence on leaves (injury, sick, etc.) of various kinds. He said that should not occur on a regular basis. Mrs. Schuman sunnised that additional overtime in the street Department was due to the recent very extreme weather conditions, and she wished to state for the record that she received several phone calls from constituents com- plimenting the City on the efforts put forth in clearing the streets, and al- so lauding sanitation workers who made regular collections and even kept up with the recycling under the worst possible conditions. All voted Aye.