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ARDEN HILLS CITY COLINCIL WORK SESSION _ NOVEMBER25,2O24 <br />Councilmember Rousseau noted the penalty for violation for tobacco sales was outlined and she <br />wondered what the penalty was for serving alcohol to a minor. <br />Assistant to the City Administrator/City Clerk Hanson pointed to the section of the Fee <br />Schedule that outlines penalties. It depends on if a person has had server training, or not. They are <br />set depending on the number of violations. <br />Councilmember Rousseau is surprised that the violation for minor consumption of alcohol is <br />smaller than the charge for a tobacco sale violation. <br />Assistant to the City Administrator/City Clerk Hanson said Council can revisit those topics. <br />She doesn't know what the statutory minimums are and would have to do some research. <br />Councilmember Rousseau would be interested in looking at increasing that penalty amount for <br />alcohol. <br />Councilmember Holden said there have not been <br />coming, it might be a good time to revisit that topic. <br />Assistant to the City Administrator/City Clerk <br />violations in the nine years she has been with the <br />research. <br />many violations but with the event center <br />Hanson said she can remember only two <br />City. She asked for direction on what to <br />Councilmember Rousseau said she would just prefer to move the penalty amount up to equal <br />what a tobacco violation would be. <br />Mayor Grant would be fine with that. He thinks the penalty for cannabis should be stiffer, too. A <br />lot of places scan drivers licenses now. But in a restaurant setting when a server is serving <br />multiple tables, it can become more of an issue. <br />Assistant to the City Administrator/City Clerk Hanson asked if Council wants her to just raise <br />the amounts as allowed by statute to mirror the tobacco violation penalty. She pointed to the <br />pages in the Fee Schedule that outline the violation amounts. <br />Councilmember Rousseau would like to keep the amount "with the training" similar to where it <br />is. <br />Mayor Grant outlined that if they do the training, they get off easier. But if they don't do the <br />training it will be increased. <br />Councilmember Rousseau said hopefully they would want to do the training. <br />Councilmember llolden said if a server has had the training, there should be no violations. The <br />first violation, without training is $1,000. She thinks the penalty for a first violation with training <br />should be at least $500, rather than $100. <br />Discussion ensued regarding the penalty amount when a server has been trained and when they <br />haven't.