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City audit finds Chiba Hut largely compliant; 7 Iron exceeded alcohol-sales threshold in several months
Summary
The city's internal audit unit reported that Chiba Hut met the ordinance food-to-alcohol sales test for the audit period, while 7 Iron Social exceeded the alcohol-sales threshold in 11 months of the reviewed period; the ALRC accepted both reports and referred tax discrepancies to other city offices.
The Alcohol License Review Committee on Aug. 20 accepted two special finance audit reports that examined whether two establishments met the city's ordinance limits on alcohol sales relative to total gross sales.
Internal auditors told the committee that Chiba Hut complied for the audited period (29 months reviewed) with an average ratio well below the city’s threshold. In contrast, auditors found that Seven Iron exceeded the alcohol-sales threshold for 11 of the 29 months reviewed, with an average monthly alcohol percentage substantially higher than Chiba Hut’s.
Auditor Kola (internal audit unit) described the reviews as special audits requested by the ALRC, not part of the routine audit plan. The staff also flagged a separate concern for management: apparent discrepancies between point-of-sale sales data and…
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