Council denies renewal of Stage 1 liquor license after repeated police calls and warnings

The Green Bay Common Council voted Aug. 5 to deny renewal of the liquor license for Stage 1, a downtown bar at 231 N. Broadway, after city police and prosecutors presented a year-long record of disturbances and enforcement actions. The decision followed testimony from police and the city municipal prosecutor and a presentation from the bar’s owner, who supplied a revised security plan and asked for more time to correct problems.

Council members said the record showed repeated public-safety impacts. The municipal prosecutor told the council the bar had 18 calls that resulted in enforcement action, six warnings and three citations tied to the establishment; police analysis counted roughly 150 officer-hours responding to incidents at the address in a 12-month period, with an estimated city cost…