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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 14, 2011 Page 16 his belief in their sincerity; and applauded their actions in appointing the Server in the role of educator for other employees, since she was now very aware of the consequences; and expressed his appreciation for her attendance tonight as well. Councilmember Willmus also thanked those in attendance for their representation of Good Earth; and for their acknowledgement of the seriousness of this issue and the steps they'd taken to ensure it would not occur again. Mayor Roe noted that since all sitting Councilmembers appeared to be under 40, they would all expect to be carded at their next visit to the restaurant. Roll Call Ayes: Willmus; Pust; Johnson; McGehee; and Roe. Nays:None. b. Consider Presumptive Penalty for Alcohol Compliance Failure by Chili's Restaurant Lt. Lorne Rosand reviewed specifics of Chili's Restaurant compliance failure as detailed in the RCA dated November 14, 2011; noting that representatives of Chili's were also present. Chili's Area Representative Manager Aaron Keske apologized to the City Council and the community; noting that, to his knowledge as a thirty (30) year Roseville business, this was their first failure. Mr. Keske stated that Chili's took their alco- hol training and service very seriously; and that while the Server (Chelsea Wright) had received training and carded the compliance checker, for some reason, had obviously not read the identification correctly; since Chili's standard was that an- yone under the age of 25 had to double-checked by the Manager on Duty, based on Chili's no tolerance regulations. Due to this infraction, Mr. Keske advised that this long-time employee of Chili's had been let go following this compliance fail- ure. Mr. Keske advised that when the City initially put this new code in place in 2010, he had worked with the General Manager at that time; however, he noted that Chili's Manager on Duty Manager that evening (David Van Ness) had taken over in January of 2011. Mr. Keske recognized his personal failure in sufficiently communicating with Mr. Van Ness the scheduling for server training, with Mr. Van Ness under the impression that training was done once/calendar year, and he had planned to do so with all servers in October of 2011. Mr. Keske apologized for falling short of the City's expectations and their own standards; and reiterated that this was not meant to be an excuse, but simply an explanation; and that Chili's would accept the consequences, at the City Council's discretion, for this failure. However, he reiterated that Chili's did take server training seriously; with recertification now scheduled to be done each January for current employees, with new employees receiving the training upon hire. Mr. Keske again apologized for this failure.