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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 22, 2010 Page 13 able. Councilmember Johnson commended Councilmembers Pust and Roe for their language changes to address concerns of Roseville citizens, as well as liquor license holders. Mayor Klausing opened the Public Hearing at 7:34 p.m. Public Comment Rod Rathburn, owner Network Liquors Mr. Rathburn addressed the letter received from the City Police Department re- lated to tonight's meeting and the proposed changes; and reviewed his concerns based on responsibility of employees and owners versus personal responsibility and accountability of customers and consequences for them; and the impacts to the business owner even when they were attempting to be responsible. Mr. Rathburn expressed concern related to inspections by the City and questioned who could be expected to make those inspections and their expertise in making those inspections, how it was determined what total access to his facility meant, should he be off-site and his office locked; and how that impinged upon his legal rights. Councilmember Pust clarified that under existing state law, this inspection provi- sion in Section 302.08, Subdivision B, page 1, was not a change. Councilmember Johnson further clarified that the language stated "properly des- ignated official." Mayor Klausing focused the discussion on the purpose in the proposed language changes as they related to repeated compliance check failures of retailers on mul- tiple occasions; review of penalties with other communities; and the process used for those compliance checks. Mayor Klausing assured license holders that it was not the intent for the City to onerously impact operations but to ensure they were complying with the law, and from the City's perspective to hold those not com- plying responsible for their actions or lack thereof, by providing incentives for them to comply. Dave Jackson, General Manager at Famous Dave's in Roseville Mr. Jackson, in his 13 years as General Manager, spoke in support of holding business owners accountable for safe service of alcohol; and expressed his only concern with making City-held training mandatory. Mr. Jackson spoke to their current industry-recognized training program and his being proactive in develop- ing his own training system above that. Mr. Jackson assured Councilmembers that his track record to-date was substantially unblemished, that he required test- ing and personal orientation and training on an ongoing basis for his staff; and questioned the need to provide additional testing through the City for his staff.