Fiscal Note
No City appropriation required.
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Amending Section 33.02 of the Madison General Ordinances to update the composition, terms, and duties of the Alcohol License Review Committee.
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DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: This amendment updates the composition of the Alcohol License Review Committee (ALRC) and clarifies terms of Alders on the committee. The amendment also brings the ordinance in line with state law regarding the duty of reviewing a specific type of state alcohol permit application called “Full-Service Retail Sales”.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subsection (2) entitled “Composition” of Section 33.02 entitled “Alcohol License Review Committee” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended as follows:
“(2) Composition. The Alcohol License Review Committee shall consist of nine (9) seven (7) members, three (3) of whom two (2) who shall be alderpersons; and six (6) four (4) who shall be adult residents of the City; and one (1) member who may be either an adult resident or an alderperson. The President of the Dane County Tavern League, the Chief of Police, the chair of the Student Council of the Associated Students of Madison, and the University of Wisconsin Chancellor, or their designees, shall serve as technical advisors to the Committee. The City Clerk Clerk’s Office, the Office of the City Attorney, and the Madison Police Department or their designees, and the city of Madison Alcohol Policy Coordinator (or other Mayoral designee) shall serve as staff to the Committee. Technical advisors to the Committee, upon proper recognition by the Chair, may question witnesses who appear before the Committee and may take part in debate, but shall not have a vote and shall not take part in any deliberations held in closed session.
All aldermanic appointees shall hold office for a term expiring on the third Tuesday in April in th...
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