Council approves code cleanup to replace bartender licenses with bartender training

The Emmett City Council on June 23 approved Ordinance O.2026-09, a cleanup of the city's liquor control chapter to replace references to bartender licenses and permits with bartender training and to harmonize the definition of "bartender" across the code. The motion to approve and to waive the three-reading rule was made by Councelor Nebucher and seconded by President Butler; the vote was recorded as five yays with one member absent.