Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Park Ordinance Alcohol topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Resident asks Garrett City to allow vendor-sold alcohol inside park during festivals
Summary
Resident Peyton Harder asked meeting officials to amend Garrett City’s park ordinance to permit alcohol purchased from the local event vendor to be consumed inside the park during festival hours; staff said they will identify the ordinance placement and coordinate before the next meeting.
Peyton Harder, a Garrett City resident, asked officials at the meeting to amend the city's park ordinance so alcohol purchased from the event vendor could be consumed inside the park during festival hours. "We're just asking for an amendment to the ordinance in order to allow it to be inside the actual park," Harder said, adding that the change would apply only during festival hours and to alcohol purchased from the local vendor.
Harder said the organizers need to file paperwork by April 1 and described the current workaround: a tent set up on the street to comply with the existing ordinance. She suggested wording that would limit consumption to purchases from the vendor identified in the meeting as "Lalos," rather than a broad allowance for alcohol in the park. Harder also said an officer has been posted at the tent during the festival for the past four years, which she cited as a safety measure.
The request was followed by a brief operations report from an agency official, who said, "During this 2 week period, we had a 165 calls for service," and summarized enforcement activity including city-ordinance calls, traffic citations, property-damage accidents, arrests and business checks. A staff member then noted the city needs to locate the appropriate title and chapter where an amendment should be placed, and said they would meet with "Marcy" between now and the next meeting to determine whether an existing code section fits or whether a new title is needed.
No formal motion or vote on the ordinance amendment was recorded in the transcript. The record shows staff committed to follow up on the ordinance placement and to coordinate next steps before the following meeting; no timeline beyond that coordination was specified.
The meeting also included an incomplete remark about a building project and budget that was not developed in the available transcript.
What happens next: staff will consult on where in the municipal code to place the amendment and report back at a future meeting; no formal change was adopted during the session.
