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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—September 28, 2009 11 7B. Motion to Approve Ordinance 2009-011 and Ordinance 2009-012 (continued) consumption law then the business would have a lesser penalty than if they had not opted for the annual training for their staff. Councilmember Holmes asked how the fines would be defined and how these were going to be implemented. City Planner Beekman stated that Attachment C outlines this for the Council. Mayor Harpstead asked what the cost for server training was. City Planner Beekman stated that the amount would range depending on whom the establishment hired to provide the training and she did not have these figures at this time. Councilmember Holden stated that there were no fines for the server violating the minor consumption law. City Planner Beekman stated that the server would be in violation of State law and the State has penalties that go along with the violation. The fines outlined in the proposal were for the establishment itself not the server. Councilmember Holden asked why the City does not have a first violation against a server as well. City Planner Beekman clarified that the City would not levy any penalties against the server based on this proposal, only the establishment. The server would be subject to any criminal charges. - Councilmember Grant stated that there were no fines listed for the first offense for those businesses that had server training. He asked if this was correct. Mayor Harpstead stated that the intention for this was to encourage businesses to provide server training by minimizing any potential fines. Councilmember Holden asked if there was a hurry in passing these ordinances because there were several unanswered questions including the cost of server training in comparison to the fines. Mayor Harpstead stated that he had concerns that in the process of eliminating things Staff had eliminated some layering of regulations. The most concerning was