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Brentwood Beer Board Agenda

Meeting Date:	01/14/2020
Submitted by:	Holly Earls, Administration
Department:	Administration

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Consideration of Holding Beer Law Violation Hearing - Brick's Cafe & Bistro, LLC, 330 Franklin Rd

Background

In an operation carried out by the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission, an underage informant purchased liquor at Brick's Cafe & Bistro, LLC on August 8, 2019. The employee who served the informant has been charged with a Class A misdemeanor.

Separately, the Brentwood Beer Board is empowered to take action against the restaurant for violating Tennessee law and/or the Brentwood Municipal Code.

State law provides that if the TABC suspends or revokes a license to sell alcoholic beverages (liquor), then it must notify the local beer board of its action. At that point in time, the beer board may schedule a hearing to consider whether it, too, will take action on such offense. We have recently learned that the TABC imposed a 28-day suspension of Brick’s Café’s liquor license which began Monday, October 14, 2019 and ended November 10, 2019. Because the TABC imposed a suspension to Brick’s ABC license (rather than simply imposing a fine), the Beer Board may choose to proceed with scheduling a hearing to consider the imposition of its own penalty based on the violation.

Staff requests direction from the Beer Board as to whether a hearing for Brick’s should be set.

Please contact the City Attorney if you have questions about this matter.

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