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Bernalillo council approves alcohol service for Spartan Showdown cornhole fundraiser
Summary
The Town of Bernalillo approved alcohol service for the Spartan Showdown Cornhole Tournament at Rotary Park on Aug. 17, 2025; the council recorded unanimous votes and the town packet shows Kaktus Brewing Company, Inc. as the vendor and proposed service hours 1:30–5:30 p.m.
The Town of Bernalillo council voted unanimously Aug. 11 to allow alcohol service at the Spartan Showdown Cornhole Tournament, a booster-club fundraiser scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025, at the Rotary Park soccer field.
Christina Jones, the town’s Director of Community & Economic Development, submitted the event application and identified Kaktus Brewing Company, Inc. as the proposed liquor vendor. The application lists alcohol service from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and a proposed event window from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The town’s meeting packet also shows required vendor permits and instructions for vendors to obtain peddler permits and state food and propane inspections.
Councilor Vincent Montoya moved to approve the liquor request; Councilor Gerred R. Prairie seconded. The motion carried on a 3-0 roll-call vote by the three councilors present: Montoya, Prairie and Mayor Pro Tem Phillip Valverde.
The event documentation included a private celebration permit application filed with the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department showing the applicant/sponsor as the Booster Club and listing Dana Koller as a contact; that form records expected attendance of about 150 people and notes Town of Bernalillo law-enforcement security for the event. A separate town event application in the meeting packet estimated roughly 200 participants “give or take through the day.” The council minutes do not resolve that discrepancy in crowd estimates.
The council’s approval was procedural; the town packet reminds applicants they must obtain all required state permits and insurance (a $1,000,000 certificate is required) and that vendors must secure peddler permits and meet Environment Department and propane-inspection requirements. The town’s permit checklist also notes that events on NM 313 require NMDOT approval for traffic control plans.
The council did not alter the requested service hours or vendor designation during the motion. The town clerk recorded the motion and the unanimous roll-call approval. No public comments were recorded on the issue at the Aug. 11 meeting.
