(A) Upon receipt from the state’s Liquor Control Commission of the notice and copy of the application provided for in Neb. RS 53-131, the City Clerk shall present it to the Mayor and the City Council at their next meeting, and said Mayor and City Council shall, by resolution, fix a time and place at which a hearing will be had and evidence taken under oath from any person desiring to be heard on the propriety of the issuance of the license in question.
(B) Notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be published in a legal newspaper in the city one time, not less than three nor more than seven days before the time of hearing. The hearing shall be held not more than 21 days after the date of receipt of the notice and copy of the application by the City Clerk. After said hearing, the mayor and City Council shall, by resolution, spread at large in the minute record of their proceedings, recommend either the issuance or the refusal of said license. The City Clerk shall thereupon mail to the state’s Liquor Control Commission by first class mail, postage prepaid, a copy of the resolution which shall state the cost of the published notice.