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Committee approves Q Club of Wisconsin license; staff proposes ordinance to clarify license continuity
Summary
The Waukesha City Ordinance and Licensing Committee voted 5-0 on Nov. 19 to approve a liquor-license application from Q Club of Wisconsin. City staff reported gaps in license recordkeeping after clerk turnover and suggested an ordinance and unique license identifiers to prevent future confusion.
The Waukesha City Ordinance and Licensing Committee unanimously approved a liquor-license application from Q Club of Wisconsin at its Nov. 19 meeting and heard staff suggest drafting a local ordinance to clarify how licenses transfer and are recorded.
The committee chair moved to approve the Q Club application and the motion, seconded by Alderperson Helvinsleben, passed 5-0. The chair said he had no concerns about the application and that he did not expect the full council to raise objections when the item appears on its agenda later the same evening.
The vote was brief. “I have no concerns with the application … I’ll make a motion to approve the application for Q Club,” the committee chair said during discussion. The approval will be forwarded to the city council as noted by the chair.
Following the vote, Brian (named only by his first name in the meeting record) reported that staff had taken time to verify the city’s list of regular and reserve licenses after turnover in the clerk’s office. He said it took several days to get a response from the Department of Revenue and that the department indicated “there is nothing in the statutes regarding that continuity of the licenses,” language Brian used when describing the legal landscape.
To reduce future confusion, Brian said staff will assign unique identifier numbers to licenses so they are not treated as interchangeable. “They’re all unique individual licenses,” he said, and added: “My suggestion is going to be that we create an ordinance that deals with that process,” to ensure a documented procedure for future clerk-office staff.
The committee did not take formal action on an ordinance at the Nov. 19 meeting; Brian characterized the ordinance idea as a staff proposal to create a clearer local procedure. The chair asked Molly from the clerk’s office if she had anything further; there were no additional objections and the committee adjourned at 5:37 p.m.
Next steps: the Q Club license approval will be listed on the city council agenda that evening, and committee staff indicated they will pursue the recommended recordkeeping changes and an ordinance proposal for future consideration.
