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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 11, 2023 Page 4 Councilmember Etten asked if there were any areas he had previously mentioned that currently it allows alcohol consumption, except by permit at the OVAL or skating center, otherwise, it is not allowed in the City spaces anyway. Mr. Trudgeon indicated that was correct. The Council and Mr.Trudgeon discussed examples of where people are not allowed to consume alcohol in or on City owned properties. Parks Director Matt Johnson addressed the City Council and explained that on-site- purchased alcohol consumption and smoking at the City golf course were allowed in order to be the same as other golf courses. c. Consider Approval of Ordinance to Amend Chapter 302 (Liquor Control) of City Code Regarding Penalties for Certain Violations City Manager Patrick Trudgeon briefly highlighted this item as detailed in the Request for Council Action and related attachments dated September 11, 2023. Councilmember Etten explained the reason he brought this up is the difference in the impact. He understood it is different to have an off-sale situation and on-sale but also the difference impact, essentially, as off-sale folks are more impacted by a suspension but they have a low fine amount of $1,000. Then there is no other penalty versus the on-sale that had the $1,000 fine and a one-day suspension of alcohol sales. He noted the City tends to target Friday and Saturday nights so it is certainly something that was an additional financial penalty. He did not have a problem with them both being $2,000 but felt that $1,000 was not enough of a penalty for off-sale. He noted the City continues to have a fair number of these violations and felt the City needed to send a different message. This was the maximum that was allowed by State Statute and he was okay with this since the goal is about sending the message. Councilmember Groff asked if the off-sale is doing$2,000 and zero-day suspension and on-sale is doing $2,000 with a one-day suspension so the on-sale violation is still a higher penalty. Councilmember Etten concurred and indicated his concern was that the off-sale violation was a low penalty and minor compared to on-sale. He stated the violations are still different but at least it is not what feels like a small penalty for what continues to be a problem for some of the City's establishments. Mayor Roe thought this still provided as much impact as possible without going to the full suspension and as far as the off sale,he agreed with that. He could go either way on the first violation for the on-sale violation because that one-day suspension is still impactful to their bottom line, but he was also fine with it being$2,000.