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After closed session, committee grants beverage operator license to Brooke Brando with 25 demerit points
Summary
Following a closed reconsideration hearing, the Marshfield Judiciary Licensing Committee adopted findings that Brooke Brando failed to list prior violations and granted her a beverage operator license while assessing 25 demerit points for the omission.
Marshfield — After a closed-session reconsideration hearing under Wisconsin Statutes, the Judiciary Licensing Committee granted a beverage operator license to applicant Brooke Brando and assessed 25 demerit points for failing to disclose prior violations on her application.
The committee began the item by offering the appellant the choice of an open or closed hearing; the appellant agreed to a closed session. The committee cited Wisconsin Statutes § 19.85(1)(f) and § 19.85(1)(a) as the authority for closing the session to deliberate on sensitive personal and quasi-judicial matters. During the roll call on the motion to enter closed session, members Curran, Barso and Spiros individually responded in the affirmative.
In closed session the committee read findings of fact, concluding the applicant had not listed earlier violations on her application, including a minor possession/purchase of tobacco and a subsequent speeding conviction. Committee members recorded that the applicant represented she has changed her behavior and that the prospective employer, the Grey Dog, supports her application.
The chair moved to adopt the findings and grant the beverage operator license with 25 demerit points assessed for the failure to disclose prior violations; the motion was seconded and passed on a voice vote. After the vote, a committee member addressed the applicant directly: “We grant you your beverage license, Brooke,” the member said.
The action is a final committee decision on the applicant’s licensing status; the committee did not record any alternative sanctions or conditions beyond the 25 demerit points on the record.
