#4 License agenda
JANESVILLE CITY COUNCIL
LICENSE AGENDA
7/25/2011
RECOMMENDED
A. ELECTRICIANS–ORIGINAL
Dennis M. Anderson W234 N2830 Paul Rd., Pewaukee, WI
Stephen C. Arnoldussen 2602 American Dr., Appleton, WI
Samuel J. Gulotta 1401 Sienna Crossing
Kyle P. McGraw 2313 Jeffy Trl., Madison, WI
B. SIGN ERECTOR–ORIGINAL
Michael’s Signs Inc. 3914 S. Memorial Dr., Racine, WI
Vital Signs, LLC 245 Horizon Dr., Verona, WI
C. SECONDHAND ARTICLE DEALER–ORIGINAL
Best Buy Mobile #2867 2500 Milton Ave.
Best Buy Stores, LP
THR & Associates, Inc. 3200 Pleasant Run, Springfield, IL 62711
Jeffrey A. Parsons
D. SECONDHAND JEWELRY DEALER–ORIGINAL
THR & Associates, Inc 3200 Pleasant Run, Springfield, IL 62711
Jeffrey A. Parsons
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POLICE DEPARTMENT MEMORAN
July 20, 2011
TO: City Council
FROM: Dan Davis, Deputy Chief of Police
SUBJECT: Council Action on an Appeal for an Operator’s License by
Tanvirkamal Boparai and Sarbjit Boparai
Tanvirkamal Boparai and Sarbjit Boparai applied for bartender’s licenses in May
of 2011. Tanvirkamal was denied because he had been arrested in 2009 for
selling alcohol to an underage person. Sarbjit was denied because she had
been arrested in February of 2011 for selling alcohol to an underage person.
The Janesville Police Department Street Crimes Unit has received intelligence
reports that Roman’s 66 is “The place to go” for underage persons who want to
purchase alcohol. Roman’s 66 is owned by Balwant Singh. Bhupinder Boparai
is Balwant Singh’s brother. Sarbjit Boparai is Bhupinder Boparai’s wife.
Tanvirkamal is their son.
Balwant Singh’s wife, Sakhpal Kaur, also applied for a bartender’s license in
May. She too was denied because she had been cited in Jefferson County for
selling alcohol to an underage person. Balwant Singh came into the police
department to meet with me to discuss the denial. Mr. Singh explained that
Sukhpal is his wife. He said that her not having a bartender’s license was
placing considerable financial hardship on him because his wife does not drive
and he needed her to tend to the store while he runs errands and does the
banking. I expressed my concern to him over the seriousness of selling alcohol
to underage persons and the number of family members who want to work at his
liquor stores who have been arrested for selling alcohol to underage persons.
He took exception to my referring to Tanvirkamal and Sarbjit as being part of his
family. He claimed that Tanvirkamal Boparai and Sarbjit Boparai were not
related to him. He said that he knows them and they asked him for a job. He
said he did not care if they were not issued licenses and would simply not employ
them if they did not have bartender’s licenses. After his assurances that he
understood the seriousness of selling alcohol to underage persons and that
Tanvirkamal and Sarbjit would not be selling alcohol in his stores, I relented and
approved Sukhpal Kaur’s bartender license application.
While Tanvirkamal and Sarbjit have only one arrest/conviction each for selling
alcohol to underage persons, it is concerning to the police department that three
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(3) of the bartender license applicants to work in the same stores have been
arrested for selling alcohol to underage persons. Both were working at Roman’s
66 at the time of their arrests.
Tanvirkamal and Sarbjit were noticed by the Clerk/Treasurer’s office that their
application had been denied and that they could appeal to the ALAC. They
appealed to the ALAC and were on the July 2011 ALAC agenda. Neither
appeared in front of the ALAC and both appeals were denied by the ALAC.
cc: Eric Levitt, City Manager
Jacob J. Winzenz, Director of Administrative Services
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