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City staff to handle routine liquor-license approvals going forward, council told
Summary
City staff told the council they will stop placing routine liquor-license renewals on the agenda and will use existing code authority to approve them administratively, to speed openings and reduce wait times.
City staff told the Washington City Council on June 2 they will begin administratively approving liquor licenses that the municipal code already authorizes staff to handle, removing routine renewals from the council agenda.
A staff member told the council the change is intended to shorten the approval timeline for businesses that want to open quickly and to avoid delays caused by waiting for scheduled council meetings. The presenter said the code already provides staff authority for administrative approval and that this meeting’s liquor-license renewals would be the last to appear on a council agenda as routine items.
The council did not record debate or objection to the procedural change during the consent/agenda-adjustment discussion; city staff said they would move forward with the administrative approvals. No specific code section or ordinance number was cited on the meeting record.
Ending
Council members will continue to receive updates via internal processes; staff asked council members to bring any concerns forward if they have questions about license approvals going forward.
