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~ _ a Please Share Your Comment, Question or Concern: Greetings all, I have been looking over the general plan for adjustments to the current liquor ordinance and manager/server training. We have always been diligent in all matters regarding the sale of alcohol to minors/inebriated customers/etc. and it is first and foremost on our minds that we continue to keep alcohol away from those who shouldn't have it. We have always been extremely efficient in training our staff with materials the city has provided us over time as well as creating/using an extensive manual that we have assembled with great amounts of research from our chain of stores. My concern is that we will be forced to undergo repetitive training on issues we are well trained already. I have been in the industry for over 22 years and have worked in many cities with varying requirements for server training. I have personally taken 4 rounds of TIPS training at 3 hours each over the years as well as numerous other training courses. Many of my staff have as well. I would like to suggest that there be some sort of thing like the city of Bloomington does wherein there is leniency on policy for every year you pass all stings and have no issues with sales to minors. Staff training on a yearly basis can cost large amounts of money (we still have to pay staff for their time even if the course is offered free)in an already tight economy. A thought would be that maybe staff just need to retake course work every 3rd or 5th year, with a povision that managers that have gone thru training 3 or more times only have to retrain every 10 years. If there were a failure in compliance, then that store's/restaurant's staff would be required as a punishment that they undergo yearly training for a period of 3 years before being allowed to have leniency returned. The city of Plymouth mandates that 90% of staff have to have had training within the previous 3 years as long as everybody has undergone a 3 hour TIPS style training course once. It seems like overkill for management and staff to have to possibly undergo up to 30 hours every decade in server training. Even 10 hours a decade is more than a person such as myself should be required to undertake when I have close to 50 hours under my belt already! Obviously we are very aware of the responsibilities our industry carries as our record should prove. Also, I feel that should somebody get a 3rd violation within 3 years that a 60 day suspension would be about the equivalent of a revocation as 95% of license holders businesses would fail if they had to shut their doors for 2 months. A two week suspension would send a very strong message to all involved as well as others in the city. Finally, although we have not been cited in over a decade, I think that establishments that currently have violations on their record should be "grand-fathered in" on old policy for a period of the next 3 years as the new standards are clearly much more detrimental to the livelihood of the owners and the many good people that work for them.. Thank you for your time on these matters, Rod Olson (manager) The Cellars Wines and Spirits of Roseville Additional Information: Form submitted on: 2/2/2010 4:40:11 PM Submitted from IP Address: 174.20.131.151 Form Address: http•//www.ci.roseville.mn.us/forms.aspx?FID=115 z