The City Council on Jan. 15 overturned a work-card denial issued by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and approved a conditional work card for Steven Waughamont (name per transcript) to work as a bartender at Hop Nuts Brewing, 1120 S. Main St., Suite 150.

Business owner Kevin Holder, who runs Hop Nuts Brewing, spoke in support of his brother27s application and said Waughamont had completed adult drug court and other court-mandated programs. City licensing staff summarized that the denial stemmed from an extensive criminal-history record spanning 2007 to 2022, including felony and misdemeanor charges; some charges were dismissed.

City staff recommended that, if the council overturned the denial, it issue a temporary, site-specific work card with conditions: the employee not hold any supervisory or managerial role, the card be limited to the named business location, and the card be subject to a one-year administrative review. Councilwoman Olivia Diaz moved to approve the appeal with those three conditions; the council voted and reported that the motion passed.

Diaz said the council should give people who completed court-ordered programs a chance while protecting public safety; she and the applicant agreed the restrictions were reasonable. The council did not specify a formal vote tally on the public record; the motion was announced as passed and city staff will issue the conditional card and schedule administrative review.