The Knoxville Beer Board on Tuesday heard that a June 7 compliance sweep identified servers cited for selling alcohol to minors at seven businesses and that two pending suspension cases were resolved with agreed payments.

The board was told why the enforcement and fund updates matter: they reflect active oversight of beer permits and how fines feed the beer fund that pays for enforcement and related administration.

Officer Presley, the board’s beer inspector, told the board, “we visited 21 businesses here in the city. At 7 of those, there were servers that were cited for serving alcohol to a minor.” Those seven businesses were Fountain City Exxon on Broadway; Fly by Night on Sevier Avenue; Food Mart and Deli at North Shore Drive; Hooters on Kingston Pike; The Hill on Forest Avenue; Lunaverse Knoxville on Blackstock Avenue; and Taco Madres at Knoxville Center Drive.

Mister Johnson, the clerk, reported on two active suspension and revocation hearings that were in the packet and said both matters had been resolved by agreement with the city law department. Johnson said the establishments “both agreed to pay $1,175,” and that amount, he clarified, is inclusive of the $500 fine component. He also told the board that “the beer fund stands at $246,000, that is as of today,” and that fines collected so far this year total $28,750.

Board members asked no follow-up questions after the inspector’s report. The clerk noted the resolved cases involved repeated sale-to-minor citations and that remedial plans had now been submitted.

The board did not take additional formal discipline in the meeting on those matters; the inspector’s report and the clerk’s update were presented as information items for the record.

Board staff reminded applicants and permit holders that approvals given “pending final documentation” require submission of outstanding items — such as certificates of occupancy, health approvals, surrender of prior permits, or other department signoffs — before businesses may begin alcohol sales.

The board moved on to other agenda items after the reports ended, with no further enforcement votes taken at the June 24 meeting.