Legal Documents of Sweetwater
Code of Sweetwater
Title 8 Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 2 Beer
8-203 : Beer board.
- Board established. There is hereby established a beer board to be composed of the members of the city commission. The mayor shall be the chairperson. All members of the beer board shall serve without compensation.
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Meetings of the beer board. All meetings of the beer board shall be open to the public. The board, when there is business to conduct, shall hold regular meetings in the city hall immediately prior to or following regular city commission meetings. Special meetings may be called by the chairman provided he gives a reasonable notice thereof to each member.
Special meetings may also be called by a majority of the board members, who also shall give reasonable notice thereof to each member. The board may adjourn a meeting at any time to another time and place.
- Record of proceedings to be kept. The city recorder shall make a record of the proceedings of all meetings of the beer board. The record shall be a public record and shall contain at least the following: the elate of each meeting; the names of the board members present and absent; the names of the members introducing and seconding motions and resolutions, etc., before the board; a copy of each such motion or resolution presented; the vote of each member thereon; and the provisions of each beer permit issued by the board.
- Requirements for quorum and action. The attendance of at least a majority of the members of the beer board shall be required to constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting business. Matters before the board shall be decided by a majority of the members present if a quorum is constituted. Any member present but not voting shall be deemed to have cast a "nay" vote. Applicants for beer permits shall appear in person before the board will consider their application.
- Beer board powers and duties. The beer board shall have the power, and it is hereby directed to, regulate the giving away, selling, storing for sale, distributing for sale, and manufacturing of beer within this municipality in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The beer board shall have the power to deny, suspend or revoke any beer permit issued under the provisions of this chapter when the applicant's representations fail to qualify for a permit, the applicant is guilty of making a false statement or misrepresentation in their application or of violating any of the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. #653, Sept. 1993, as replaced by Ord. #1009, March 2023 Ch8_08-05-24)
Officials at Date of Last Codification:
Mayor - Doyle F. Lowe
Vice Mayor - Sam Moser
Commissioner - Lamar Hughes
Commissioner - Johanna Jinks
Commissioner - Alan Richeson
Commissioner - James A. Stutts
Recorder - Sonya Crush
City Attorney - John Cleveland