Council approves liquor license moves, minor code correction and adjourns

The Grand Island City Council approved several routine and consent items on Dec. 30, including a change of location for Ai Mi Madre's Class C liquor license, approval of a Class I liquor license for Napoles, a minor street-name correction and standard adjournment.

On consent item 7f, applicant Ruth Cabaha appeared to answer council questions about prior police calls at the previous 2nd Street location and described operational changes she expects to make at the new 3rd Street location, including addressing parking and lighting concerns; Council member Nickerson and others questioned the applicant about prior police contacts but ultimately voted to approve the location change after motions were made by Council member Sheard and seconded by Council member Lanfear.

In public hearing item 8a the council opened and closed the hearing with no public testimony; city staff reported required departmental reports and recommended approval upon inspection, and Council member Brown moved adoption of resolution 2025-435.

Later in the meeting the council approved a drafting correction to rename "The US Highway 30" to simply "Old Highway 30" (ordinance 10-56) to fix a prior drafting error. The meeting adjourned with holiday greetings from Mayor Steele.