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Midvale council weighs repeal of city alcohol server ID badge after business objections
Summary
Staff told the council MMC 5.10 requires city-issued alcohol server identification badges but staff found no record of issuance. Business owner Brian Pullman said mandatory criminal background checks for all employees are burdensome; several council members indicated they support eliminating the badge requirement and the item will return April 21 for action.
Community Development Director Adam Olsen explained that Midvale Municipal Code (MMC) sections 5.10.070 and 5.10.080 require city-issued alcohol server identification badges and penalties for violations, but staff found no record of badges ever being issued and at least one business said it had never been asked to comply. Olsen noted Utah Code 26B-5-205 requires servers to complete training and maintain a certificate on premises but that the city badge requirement appears to duplicate or overlap state requirements.
Brian Pullman, who identified himself as associated with 2 Row Brewing, said he had not encountered the city badge requirement in his 11 years of operation and called the ordinance an overreach, arguing it would require criminal-background checks for every employee. "What the ordinance is asking him to do is to criminally check every employee in his business. This is burdensome..." Pullman said. Council Members Heidi Robinson, Bonnie Billings and Denece Mikolash indicated they favored eliminating the city badge requirement. Mayor Dustin Gettel said the item will return to the council on April 21, 2026 for further action.
