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LIQUOR LICENSING AUTHORITY MINUTES
Regular Meeting. – January 15, 2025
1:00 p.m.
Staff Liaison: Aimee Jensen
A regular meeting of the Liquor Licensing Authority was held January 15, 2025, via Zoom Link, Chief
Municipal Judge Jill Hueser presiding.
Secretary’s Note: All applications were heard via Zoom.
Staff in attendance: Holly Coulehan, Assistant City Attorney II
Carrie Ripsam, Liquor Enforcement Officer
Aimee Jensen, Regulatory Licensing Specialist
Consent Agenda Approved
Liquor Licensing Authority meeting.
2025 Annual Report
Liquor Enforcement Update
Liquor Enforcement Officer Ripsam stated Fort Collins Police Services conducted random
compliance checks:
January 7, 2025, visiting 12 liquor licensed establishments, 7 of which served the underage
operative: a failure rate of 58.33% for the evening.
January 8, 2025, visiting 13 liquor licensed establishments, 7 of which served the underage
operative: a failure rate of 53.84% for the evening.
Liquor Enforcement Officer Ripsam stated the overall failure rate is 56% for 2025.
New Hotel-Restaurant Liquor License Application from Birdcall CO LLC, dba
Birdcall at 3300 South College Avenue, Suite 110, Approved
Sam Harden, attorney representing Birdcall CO, LLC, stated he is ready to proceed.
Ryan O’Haro, CEO, was sworn. In response to questions from Mr. Harden, Mr. O’Haro stated they
do not have servers other than a bartender, that patrons order their food from kiosk and that alcohol
cannot be served until the bartender confirms that patron is of age. He stated they do not accept
vertical IDs and that they are a restaurant first.
Erin McCullah, representative for Oedipus Petitioning, Inc., was sworn. She stated the result of these
petitions indicate strong support for this hotel-restaurant liquor license application.
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Chief Municipal Judge Hueser adopted Resolution 2025-001 approving the hotel-restaurant liquor
license application from Birdcall CO, LLC, dba Birdcall at 3300 South College Avenue, Suite 110.
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 1:40 p.m.
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Liquor Licensing Authority
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Secretary
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