Jill Schramm/MDN Adam Hoffman, who owns a bar for sale, voices his thoughts on proposed changes to the city’s alcohol ordinance Monday, Oct. 20. Council members shown are Paul Pitner, left, and Mike Blessum, right.

Minot’s cap on the number of retail alcohol licenses in the city will remain in place.

The Minot City Council voted 4-3 on Monday, Oct. 20, to retain the cap after again hearing from license holders that the cap would devalue their investments.

The council has been engaged in an extended process of revising its alcohol ordinances, and the most controversial debate has been over whether to remove the population-based cap on licenses. The council had considered the topic in 2018 and elected not to make a change then as well. The city lists 31 licenses in the retail liquor licen

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