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Utah liquor agency outlines efficiency measures, requests annual third‑party inventory
Summary
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services officials told lawmakers the agency can absorb several proposed one‑time reductions through fee optimization and a temporary pause on a statutory market wage adjustment, and requested $525,000 for a three‑year, third‑party full inventory count to improve internal controls.
The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services told the Economic and Community Development Appropriation Subcommittee on Jan. 27 that it can meet several proposed one‑time budget reductions through fee optimization and temporary adjustments to statutory wage provisions, while asking lawmakers to fund an annual, third‑party full inventory count.
Gary Syphus of the Legislature’s Office of the Analyst framed the discussion by noting DABS’ scale: "Utah is one of 17 liquor control states and one of two totally state run systems," and he outlined options for 5% reductions that include reversing a market…
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