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Page 3 <br />Alcohol on Public Property <br />Committee 5/18/92 <br />Councilman Bell again pointed out that the Council has never, nor does <br />this ordinance allow for the sale of alcohol anywhere, also, for a <br />point it would not allow even the consumption in these buildings during <br />the fair, rodeos, or anything, in fact the way it was written would put <br />it back the way it's been for forty something years. If this building <br />here was the building that would be subject to, the first thing is a <br />permit would have to be applied to through the City, you have to get an <br />okay from the City for the event for that particular evening, you then <br />have to go and comply with all the State laws that require bonds and <br />other things. There is also a requirement for private club license to <br />be issued, and the insurance would be addressed under it. If we take <br />no action, there will never be sale or consumption of alcohol here <br />because it has been rescinded. If we take action, the only action we <br />can take is to call and election. The election would determine whether <br />you would have the consumption under the original ordinance, not under <br />an amended ordinance, and realistically I see no reason to spend that <br />kind of money to have an election for consumption of alcohol inside <br />four buildings inside the City of Paris. <br />K. D. Yancey, 2705 Willow Ben, stating that she has lived in the City <br />of Paris for seven years, and she feels this a moral issue, which she <br />believes in. Ms. Yancey said she did not believe that alcohol in <br />itself is evil or immoral, but because of the mine alternating effects <br />of alcohol, people are sometimes let to immoral acts. <br />Mr. 0. D. Robinson asked the question on how the public hearing came <br />about. <br />Chairman Bell answered Mr. Robinson's question that it was ordered by <br />the Mayor, and he though that at the Council meeting at the Police <br />Station, when I went into that meeting, I had read the Charter, and I <br />realized that if the Council had taken no action at that meeting, and <br />it was recommended by one Councilman that we take no action. If we had <br />taken no action, the City Charter automatically called for the <br />rescinding of that ordinance within sixty days if a general election <br />was not called, it further said that the ordinance itself could not be <br />enforced, well, the ordinance at that time said we could have alcohol, <br />and you could not enforce it. Upon filing of the petition that <br />ordinance had no force of effect, and would automatically been <br />rescinded had we taken no action if the Council did not, now why the <br />Mayor called the public hearings, I think he may have got the cart <br />before the horse. I do think he realized that we might take the action <br />that we did which rescinded the ordinance, and when I read the Charter, <br />I saw clear action, rescind the ordinance, but I think he had <br />preplanned to call the public hearings, he appointed the committee and <br />addressed it and told us to go hold public hearings. <br />Ken Slagle, 430 N. E. 34th Street, appeared before the Committee <br />telling them that he is not for holding a general election it will cost <br />him twice, it will cost him as a taxpayer to hold the election, then it <br />will cost him as an individual to fight it because he was against it. <br />Mr. Slagle said this was an issue that divides the City, and Paris does <br />not need issues that divide the City, we need issue that we can unite <br />behind. Mr. Slagle said what Paris does not need is more immorality, <br />