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Council limits late-night hours for Beranek Park sand-volleyball tournament
Summary
After discussing past issues including noise and underage drinking, the West Branch City Council amended the sand-volleyball special-event permit to end at midnight (rather than the requested 2:00 a.m.) and approved the consent agenda on Feb. 17.
The West Branch City Council and Parks & Recreation staff discussed changes to an August sand-volleyball tournament permit after event coordinator Abby Christoffel addressed prior concerns about later end times, noise and underage drinking.
The tournament organizer had requested hours from 8:00 a.m. Saturday to 2:00 a.m. Sunday. City code generally requires parks to be closed by 10:00 p.m. unless the council votes an exception. Councilmembers said they were comfortable with a midnight compromise. Councilmember Colton Miller moved to amend the consent-agenda item so the event hours would be 8:00 a.m. Saturday to 12:00 a.m. Sunday; Councilmember Tom Dean seconded. The amendment passed unanimously (AYES: Miller, Dean, Noel, Horihan, Sexton). The consent agenda, as amended, was then approved (Miller/Dean; unanimous).
The council did not discuss additional specific enforcement measures at the meeting; Parks & Recreation staff will implement the amended permit and standard event permitting procedures.
The city's consent agenda also included liquor-license renewals for Casey's and ELDR LLC (Little Lights) and routine claims totaling $124,133.31.
