Liquor Advisory Board

CITY OF CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS LIQUOR ADVISORY BOARD Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Thursday, December 6, 2018 The City of Carbondale’s Liquor Advisory Board held a meeting on Thursday, December 6, 2018, in Room 103 of Carbondale City Hall, 200 South Illinois Avenue. Chair Donald Monty called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. with the following-named members of the Board present/absent: 1. Roll Call Present: Tasis Karayiannis, David Cisco, Mark Robinson, and Donald Monty Absent: John Mills, Steve Payne (ex officio) A quorum was available to take action on the agenda items. City Staff present for the meeting included Deputy City Clerk Clinette Hayes, Deputy Police Chief Stan Reno, and Building & Neighborhood Services Supervisor John Lenzini. 2. Approval of Minutes from October 4, 2018 D. Cisco moved, T. Karayiannis seconded, to approve the minutes of October 4, 2018. VOTE: All voted aye; motion declared carried. 3. Review of First Quarter Reports from the Police Department and Building & Neighborhood Services The Building and Neighborhood Services quarterly report had several “OC” (Occupancy Check) noted on the report, but no actual numbers listed. Building and Neighborhood Services Supervisor, John Lenzini, stated that those occupancy checks were completed during the busy times of unofficial Halloween, held on October 13, and the Halloween Weekend festivities held on the weekend of October 27. No violations were issued. The Board noticed a large number of underage violations from Traxx during the month of August and only one violation during the month of September. Deputy Police Chief Stan Reno stated that with August being the start of a new school year there are students who are “testing the waters” to see what they can and cannot get away with. This caused the Police Department to take a more aggressive approach with enforcement during that time. 4. Review and Recommendation Regarding Possible Title Two Change in City Code that Would Permit the Delivery of Sealed Alcohol by a Licensed TNC/Taxi Driver The Board was asked to review and discuss a proposed change to Title Two of the Carbondale Revised Code that would permit the delivery of sealed alcohol by a City of Carbondale licensed Taxicab/TNC driver. A draft of the proposed change was provided to the Board. Comments and concerns regarding this topic included:  Liquor Advisory Board Meeting Minutes 12-06-2018  Justification for the $1000.00 fine. May possibly be too excessive and should be a reasonable increase compared to other alcoholic liquor fines.  What is meant by “sealed package”? It should be clearly defined as to what is meant by sealed.  Who is responsible for the alcohol once it is out of the hands of the liquor licensee?  Who or where does the liability fall on should something happen during the delivery?  Who or where does the liability fall on should something happen after the delivery is made (i.e. underage consumption, DUI)?  Could the delivery person put an establishment’s liquor license at risk?  Protection for the licensee and the City.  The liability of the licensee.  Restrict delivery to just beer and wine. After the discussion the Board agreed that they would like for City Staff to review their concerns and come back with a revised version of the proposed changes and conduct research to see how other municipalities are handling this type of situation. It was also requested that the City Attorney be present for any legal inquiries that the Board may have. 5. Approval of the 2019 Liquor Advisory Board Meeting Calendar M. Robinson moved, D. Cisco seconded, to approve the 2019 Liquor Advisory Board Meeting Calendar. VOTE: All voted aye; motion declared carried. 6. Citizens’ Comments None 7. Adjournment Meeting adjourned at 6:12 p.m. ________________________________ _____________________________ Clinette C. Hayes, Deputy City Clerk Date Approved 2