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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 24, 2016 Page 22 were appearing before the body in violation of Roseville’s alcohol ordinance; once in 2011, then 2014, and now 2016. Councilmember Willmus stated this caused him concern about their inability to put in place policies preventing the sale of alcohol to minors. Councilmember Willmus asked when this liquor license came up for renewal; with Lt. Rosand advising 2017 liquor license renewals were scheduled to come before the City Council at their November 7, 2016 meeting. Prior to consideration of that renewal, Councilmember Willmus requested that Smashburger management provide a written policy to present to the City Council outlining the steps they plan to take to prevent this happening again in the future. Councilmember Willmus stated that without such a document and clear intent be- fore him, he couldn’t say he could support their liquor license renewal otherwise. Councilmember Willmus further asked Ms. Becker and Smashburger manage- ment to confer with the Roseville Police Department to gain their experience in what works for training and sales and what didn’t and then incorporate that exper- tise into that written policy for City Council consideration prior to their 2017 li- cense renewal. Ms. Becker duly noted that request and agreed to do so. Mayor Roe further asked that since there appeared to be ongoing confusion for employees training in the serving of alcohol, but not allowed to do so, creating a potential impression that they may be able to do so. Mayor Roe asked that the policy and approach be addressed as well and what constituted whether or not an employee was allowed to serve alcohol. Ms. Becker stated she represented a number of clients in this industry, and had found it common for companies to provide training, but not allow them to sell al- cohol. Ms. Becker noted this could be based on their minimum age requirement for selling alcohol if under 18; or training provided so they can help observe and identify possible signs of intoxication and report that to the manager; or part of security training for the establishment, of what to do and how to handle it if they observed such behavior. However, Ms. Becker agreed that Mayor Roe raised a valid point that would be reviewed. Mayor Roe stated his interest was a more specific buy-in from employees if they didn’t have the authority. Ms. Becker noted it was unfortunate in this instance that the person making the sale to a minor was a manager; even though after the 2014 incident a policy was put in place allowing only shift managers to sell alcohol. Ms. Becker sought to make it clear for the City Council the steps that had been taken, and even though this was one of them, it had still failed, even though the establishment continued