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Louisville Local Licensing Authority <br />Meeting Date: August 28, 2000 <br />Page 4 <br /> <br />Sergeant Riggins stated that the training was well received, but stated doubt that the police <br />department could offer the same level of training to all licensed establishments in Louisville. <br /> <br />Chairperson Myers read to members the section concerning training from the Authority's Rules <br />of Procedure stating "all employees involved with sales or service of alcoholic beverages must <br />attend at least one training session provided by the Authority per year and must provide evidence <br />of such attendance to the Authority at the time of license renewal." <br /> <br />Authority members discussed various ways to administer and enforce the requirement. Evans <br />noted that many of the supermarkets and chain restaurants experience high turnover and that an <br />employee could be hired and fired before a quarterly training session was available. Member <br />Lipton suggested that requiring managers and supervisors to attend the training sessions might <br />be an alternative and that they could then perform in-house training and provide the Authority <br />with a list of employees. <br /> <br />Chairperson Myers asked Authority Attorney Kelly to investigate whether she or an Authority <br />designee could be permitted to review in-house liquor training material for suitability under the <br />auspices of a confidentiality agreement. <br /> <br />Attorney Kelly stated that the Authority could require a viewing of the training material at a <br />regularly scheduled meeting that would be open to the public, but then return the training <br />materials to the licensee. If the materials do not remain in the possession of the Authority, they <br />will not be subject to disclosure pursuant to the Open Records Act. <br /> <br />Lipton asked Attorney Kelly to investigate how other municipalities handle the training issue <br />and the subject of confidentiality of materials used by licensees for training. <br /> <br />Deputy City Clerk Bolte stated that providing a checklist to the Authority of items included or <br />not included with a licensee's renewal is not difficult to administer, but that guidelines are <br />needed on the issue of in-house training and local training compliance. <br /> <br />Attorney Kelly stated that the Local Licensing Authority can conditionally approve a renewal <br />license pending completion of the required training. Bolte offered that should the Authority <br />adopt the "conditional approval" method that the Authority mandate the next available training <br />date as to not extend the licensees deadline another year. <br /> <br />Evans suggested that perhaps a letter from the Authority requesting license holders to describe <br />what type of training has been attended or provided be made part of the renewal process. <br /> <br />Sergeant Riggins stated that he was not aware of the training requirement, and has perhaps <br />misled some license holders by stating that the training is suggested but not required. <br /> <br />Deputy City Clerk Bolte stated that many licensees have stopped sending employees due to the <br />repetitiveness of the State program. She continued that, while the current program may be <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br /> <br />