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Committee member objects to open-container approach for Monroe July 4 beer garden
Summary
A committee member urged a designated consumption area instead of broad open-container permissions; staff said the ordinance gives the parks board authority and confirmed beer and wine service would be limited to the concert window.
A committee member told the Public Safety Committee they oppose "open containers everywhere" at the July 4 celebration and asked whether the ordinance or event approval could require a confined consumption area.
Staff responded that the ordinance previously adopted delegated authority to the parks board to approve when, where and how alcohol is served at park events. "The ordinance that was adopted gave the authority to the parks department and the parks board to make those approvals," staff said. The committee member pressed whether the event could be amended to assign a designated consumption area; staff said they could not change the action already granted to the parks board.
When asked about hours, staff said alcohol service would be tied to the concert timeframe: "I think from 11:30 to 02:30 is the plan." The committee did not amend the permit language and ultimately voted to forward the event to council.
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