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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 22,2012 Page 19 Mr. Brokke recognized and expressed appreciation to the Police Department for their efforts and concurred with their findings; and expressed appreciation to Lt. Rosand for his guidance for future improvement. Mr. Brokke again asked that the community and City Council accept his and his department's sincere apologies for this infraction; and expressed his willingness to accept whatever penalty the City Council deemed appropriate for this serious infraction. Councilmember Pust thanked Mr. Brokke for his sincere apology; and sought clarification if Mr. Brokke meant that this was the first time during his tenure that Cedarholm Golf Course employees had not been trained or the first time found in non-compliance related to that training. Mr. Brokke clarified that this was the first time their training had been found non-compliant. Councilmember Pust questioned why the Golf Course had not gone through the city-approved training. Mr. Brokke advised that he should have been aware of the city-approved train- ing; however, he had not become personally involved in that until after this in- fraction; although he admitted that, in hindsight, he should have personally been cognizant of the official training program and signature page for confirmation. Mr. Brokke advised that, since the Golf Course had a Superintendant and Club House Manager, notification letters had previously been sent to the Golf Course; and suggested that there may have been confusion resulting from a changeover in managers earlier this year. While not intending to be disrespectful of Mr. Brokke and his staff, Coun- cilmember Pust noted that this excuse was similar to those heard from private ownership. However, Councilmember Pust opined that it was mind-boggling to her that recipients didn't read things sent to them from the City; or hear the City Council's continued discussions of previous infractions and license holder re- quirements. For the benefit of fellow Councilmembers, Councilmember Pust questioned how penalizing Cedarholm with only a monetary fine, no matter what amount, would penalize it rather than just the public, since it was all public money; and questioned the right thing to do in this situation. Councilmember McGehee thanked Mr. Brokke for his apology and comments; and expressed appreciation for his thorough and complete action list post- compliance failure. Councilmember McGehee opined that this provided a good example of someone who sincerely thinks this is a problem and was supportive of the City Council's efforts to seek alcohol sale compliance; and thanked Mr. Brokke for his attention to detail. Councilmember McGehee recognized Coun-