Number
080461
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. HINES and BOHL
Title
Substitute resolution establishing an Alcohol Beverage Licensing Task Force.
Analysis
This resolution establishes an Alcohol Beverage Licensing Task Force to study the current alcohol beverage licensing process, evaluate the extent to which this process maintains proper checks and balances in decision making, and make recommendations for changes or improvements to this process. The task force shall present its findings and recommendations to the Common Council within 6 months of adoption of this resolution. Upon submission of the report, the task force shall automatically be dissolved.
Body
Whereas, The Common Council’s Licenses Committee is responsible for reviewing and making recommendations to the Common Council relating to denying, granting, renewing, nonrenewing, suspending and revoking alcohol beverage licenses in the city; and
Whereas, The Licenses Committee weighs and considers all available evidence, including input from the applicant, citizens, the district Council member, the Milwaukee Police Department and the City Attorney’s Office, prior to rendering any alcohol beverage license recommendation; and
Whereas, The Common Council, taking under advisement the recommendation of the Licenses Committee, renders the final alcohol beverage license decision; and
Whereas, While this system has served the citizens of Milwaukee well for over 75 years, recent activities have called into question the integrity of the alcohol beverage licensing process; and
Whereas, It is imperative that the citizens of the City of Milwaukee, individuals and businesses alike, have an overriding sense of confidence and trust in the alcohol beverage licensing process; and
Whereas, The creation of an Alcohol Beverage Licensing Task Force, comprised of persons knowledgeable in licensing systems, to thoroughly study, evaluate, and propose changes to the alcohol beverage licensing proc...
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