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Public Safety committee approves bartender renewal, issues notice of intent not to renew one liquor license and postpones two items

3782094 · June 12, 2025
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Summary

The Public Safety Committee approved a bartender license renewal for Michael Stempel June 10, authorized the clerk to send a notice of intent not to renew a retail alcohol license for Makoko (7420 West Greenfield) over wholesaler indebtedness, and postponed two items tied to a recent state law until July 15.

The West Allis Public Safety Committee met during the council's recess on June 10 and took several licensing actions and procedural steps.

The committee considered an operator (bartender) license renewal for Michael Stempel. Stempel acknowledged a 2024 operating-while-intoxicated (OWI) conviction and said he completed the court-ordered alcohol assessment and counseling and was subject to a zero‑alcohol requirement under probation. "I haven't drank since the incident," Stempel told the committee,…

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