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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—September 28, 2009 10 7B. Motion to Approve Ordinance 2009-011 and Ordinance 2009-012 (continued) Mayor Harpstead asked if the City could have a higher minimum for liability insurance in absence of server training. City Attorney Jerry Filla stated that the proposed amount is the State minimum and the City does have the right to be more restrictive than the State and this could be tied to whatever measurements are appropriate. Councilmember Holmes asked what percentage of establishments have server training for their employees. City Planner Beekman stated that the city issues eight to ten licenses annually, half of which are for on-sale. She does not know at this time how many of these conduct server training. At this time the City does not ask applicants for this information. Once the new application is implemented then the applicant would have to provide a certificate showing they have completed the server training at the time of application. Councilmember Holmes asked if the training was for both on-sale and off-sale employees. - City Planner Beekman stated that this was correct. Mayor Harpstead asked if training was currently required. City Planner Beekman stated that it is not required at this time. Mayor Harpstead asked what the penalty was for not having the training. City Planner Beekman stated that currently there is no penalty. The proposed regulations would be that if a business was found to be in violation of the minor consumption laws there are stiffer penalties for those businesses that have not provided server training than those that have. Mayor Harpstead asked if the server training is required for the offending server or the whole staff. City Planner Beekman stated that the training is something that would be done preemptively before a violation occurred. If the business voluntarily has the server training and one of those employees is found to be in violation of the minor