Wausau committee approves multiple liquor, event and entertainment licenses; denies one public-transport application

Wausau Public Health and Safety Committee members on June 16 approved a slate of license actions, including transfers, a new entertainment-facility approval and the award of a class B beer-and-liquor license, and recorded a denial recommendation for a public-transport license for Terry French, who did not appear at the meeting.

The action matters because it sets which local businesses can serve alcohol, operate amusement or entertainment facilities and hold event permits in the coming months. Several decisions also preserve applicants’ positions for a future licensing cycle that begins July 1.

Committee leadership opened the meeting by noting a “denial recommendation on our list” for a public-transport license for Terry French and that French “has not appeared,” which the committee recorded. The ordinance governing the process allows a denied applicant the opportunity to discuss the record with the…