Apr 23, 2025 Liquor Board (Board of License Commissioners)

2025. PLEASE COME FORWARD AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

[Temporary License]

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[Downtown Denton Main Street]

WE HAVE JESSICA HERE, THE DIRECTOR OF DOWNTOWN DENTON IS PRESENT, AND THEY WILL BE HOSTING A SUPPER AT SUNSET MAY 30TH AT 5 P.M. TO 9 P.M. ON THE 200 BLOCK OF MARKET STREET.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR PACKAGES, WE HAVE THE APPLICATION FOR THE EVENT FOR MAY 30TH, AND THIS IS THEY ARE REQUESTING TO SELL BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THE ALCOHOL WILL BE SOLD IS A CASH BAR, AND THIS IS, OF COURSE, A 21 AND OVER EVENT.

NEXT WE HAVE THEIR TIPS CERTIFICATION ON FILE WHICH IS COMPLIANT AS WELL AS THE SITE PLANS AGAIN, WHICH WILL BE ON THE BLOCK OF 200 MARKET STREET.

THIS IS YOUR SAME EVENT THAT YOU HAD FOR YEARS.

IT'S KIND OF BEEN MOVED AROUND DIFFERENT PLACES.

YEAH. WELL THE, THE I THINK THE, THE VERY FIRST ONE WAS DOWN MARKET.

IT WAS I WANTED TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE TRADITIONAL ONE.

I THINK THAT ONE BLOCK TABLE WAS KIND OF COOL.

OKAY.

GOT THE APPROVAL FOR THE STREET CLOSURE. YES.

SCOTT SIGNED OFF ON IT. YEAH. AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE STREET CLOSURE, THEY DON'T REALLY.

THEY CAN'T REALLY CONTROL. YEAH. YEAH. IT IS.

IT WAS A NICE COURTESY TO HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING, AND SO THEY CAN PREPARE FOR IT.

THEY HAVEN'T ALWAYS DONE THAT COURTESY. TRUST ME.

ONLY QUESTION I HAVE, BECAUSE I DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT LAST YEAR.

WHERE ARE YOU GETTING THE ALCOHOL FROM? THIS YEAR WILL BE RED LIGHT LIQUORS.

OKAY. THAT SOLVES THAT ANSWER. I THINK LAST YEAR IT WAS AT THE CULINARY CENTER OR WAS THAT THE YEAR BEFORE? YEAH, LAST YEAR I GOT IT FROM BARGAIN. NO, I MEANT WHERE YOU HELD IT.

I MEAN, IT'LL BE RIGHT IN THAT AREA. ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. I MEAN, I DON'T SEE ANY ISSUES WITH IT HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES IN THE PAST.

I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S PRETTY COOL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO, TO MARKET STREET IN THAT 200 BLOCK CORRIDOR AND HAVE THAT LONG TABLE.

THAT TO ME WAS A PRETTY NEAT SETUP. I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE, MR. MAYOR. I THINK, MR. MR. PLUTSCHAK YOU'VE BEEN IN YEARS PAST, RIGHT? WELL DONE. ARE YOU READY FOR A MOTION? YEAH. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE A TEMPORARY LICENSE FOR DOWNTOWN DENTON MAIN STREET FOR SUPPER AT SUNSET, TO BE HELD ON MAY THE 30TH, A RAIN DATE OF MAY THE 31ST, FROM 5 TO 9, IN THE 200 BLOCK OF MARKET STREET.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE THIS TEMPORARY LICENSE FOR THE DOWNTOWN DENTON SUPPER AT SUNSET.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SO MOVED.

THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK. GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. PRAY FOR GOOD WEATHER.

I KNOW RIGHT. I WANT TO TRY TO GET YOU PUT UP A TENT OR ANYTHING IF YOU DO.

YES. ALL THE FOOD WILL BE UNDER TENTS AND THEN THE BARS WILL ALSO BE UNDER TENTS.

GOOD. THANK YOU. SEE YOU. THANK YOU.

[Show Cause Hearing]

[Bullock's Deli]

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BETTY STEELE, 513 FRANKLIN STREET, DENTON. THANK YOU.

YOU MAY BE SEATED. OKAY, GENTLEMEN. HERE WE HAVE THE SHOW CAUSE HEARING FOR BULLOCK'S DELI, THE LAST BOARD MEETING. A POSTPONEMENT WAS GRANTED AND ISSUED FOR BULLOCK'S TO MOVE THEIR SHOW CAUSE HEARING TO THIS MONTH'S MEETING, AND WE RECEIVED A SIGNED LETTER A FEW DAYS AGO WHICH I HAVE PROVIDED IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS A MISHAP TODAY, AND WE DO HAVE BETTY, THE MANAGER STANDING IN FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT TO REPRESENT THE ESTABLISHMENT TODAY. EXCUSE ME.

AS MR. BULLOCK HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED, EXCUSE ME, HOSPITALIZED FOR SOME TIME AND HAS BEEN UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HEARING.

SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND READ A PORTION OF THE SUMMONS FOR THE RECORD.

THIS WAS A SUMMONS TO MR. BULLOCK AT 422 NORTH 6TH STREET, DENTON, MARYLAND, REQUESTING HIS PRESENCE TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS AT CAROLINE COUNTY TODAY, APRIL 23RD, TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE ISSUED BY THIS BOARD UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE ALCOHOL, BEVERAGE AND CANNABIS ARTICLE OF THE ANNOTATED CODE AND AS AMENDED, SHOULD NOT BE REVOKED, SUSPENDED AND OR FINED ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE LAWS AS A RESULT OF AN UNDERAGE COMPLIANCE CHECK INSPECTION BY THE CAROLINE COUNTY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BEVERAGE INSPECTOR ON NOVEMBER 27TH, 2024. THE CHARGE WAS AN ALLEGED VIOLATION OF SECTION 6-304 OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AND CANNABIS ARTICLE OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS RULE AND REGULATION NUMBER 2.26.

SPECIFICALLY, AN EMPLOYEE SOLD AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE TO AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER THE AGE OF 21.

THE SUMMONS WAS ISSUED BY THE BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS PURSUANT TO THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AND CANNABIS ARTICLE, SECTION 6-204 OF THE ANNOTATED CODE, AND WAS PRESENTED ON THE 27TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025. AND IN THE SUMMONS PACKAGE THAT YOU HAVE THAT WAS ISSUED MARCH 27TH AND IS MARKED AS EXHIBIT ONE IS THE SUMMONS, AND IN YOUR PACKAGE AGAIN AS EXHIBIT TWO IS THE ACTUAL INCIDENT REPORT, AND WE HAVE THE CI AFFIDAVIT AS EXHIBIT THREE AND THE FILE INFORMATION FOR YOU, WHICH YOU WILL FIND AT THE ORIGINAL LICENSE ISSUE DATE WAS MAY OF 1977, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT HAS NOT HAD ANY PRIOR VIOLATIONS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. THERE ARE FIVE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS ALCOHOL AWARE AWARENESS CERTIFIED. GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU.

I'LL GIVE A BRIEF SUMMARY JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT'S MISS BETTY HERE.

YEAH. ON NOVEMBER 27TH, I DID A UNDER AGE OR UNDER 21 CHECK ON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE COUNTY.

ON THIS NIGHT, I HAD THREE CIS THEY WERE BOTH, THEY WERE GIVEN A TWO MARK, $20 BILLS.

ON THIS NIGHT, THEY APPROACHED THE COUNTER, AND WHERE MISS BRIDGET GREENWELL WAS WORKING, SHE ASKED FOR THE ID AND WAS PRESENTED THE ID AND PROCEEDED TO SELL A PACK OF GREEN APPLE MIKE'S HARD LEMONADE, WHICH WAS 5% ALCOHOL BY VOLUME ON THAT NIGHT.

THE MONEY CHANGED HANDS, THE SALE WAS COMPLETED, AND MISS MICHELLE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT AT THE TIME.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES, ALL MY CIS IDENTIFICATIONS, THE FIRST ONE WAS THE CI ONE.

IT WAS THE ONE THAT PURCHASED IT. ON THE NEXT PAGE SHOWS A PICTURE OF THE CIS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE OPERATION.

THE NEXT PAGE SHOWS THE MARKED US CURRENCY THAT WAS USED, AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT IS A PICTURE OF THE CHANGE AND THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES PURCHASED.

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WE DO WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. WE HAVE THEM TIP CERTIFIED.

SHOW THEM WHAT TO DO.

THEM. I MEAN, SHE JUST LOOKED AT IT. I MEAN, SHE LITERALLY LOOKED.

SHE GOT THE ID. YEAH, SHE ASKED FOR THE ID. SHE SHE GOT RIGHT THERE, LOOKED AT IT, HANDED IT BACK AND STILL DID IT.

MISS MICHELLE AND MISS BETTY ASKED ME TO LOOK AT THE VIDEO WHEN IT HAPPENED BECAUSE I CALLED THEM IMMEDIATELY AFTER PROCEEDING.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND IT WAS VERY EVIDENT OF WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE WAS NO STOPPING THIS PERSON FROM SELLING.

IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS THE PERSON WAS, AS YOU CAN SEE, DRESSED NORMALLY FOR HER AGE.

THE ID WAS PRESENTED. IT WAS THE SAME AS HER ID.

THE PERSON SOLD, SO. EXCUSE ME. LIKE I SAID, AND THEN MISS MICHELLE AND MISS BETTY HAVE TALKED TO ME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PLANS GOING FORWARD. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE TAKING MY TIPS CLASSES SINCE I STOPPED THEY'VE THEY'VE CONTINUED ON GETTING PEOPLE CERTIFIED.

AND AS THEY PUT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT POSITIONS NOW, FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD, BUT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT, TRYING TO PUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN POSITIONS AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH SOME CHANGES. BUT I'VE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS BUSINESS.

IN FACT, IT WAS THE FIRST BUSINESS I DID AN INSPECTION ON WHEN I CAME HERE. SO, AND LIKE I SAID, THEY ALWAYS ASK QUESTIONS WHEN NEEDED. WE TRY VERY HARD.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ABOUT ANYTHING THAT YOU COULD SAY IS THE YOUNG LADY STILL EMPLOYED? NO. OKAY. SHE WAS LET GO THAT NIGHT. OKAY, AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY TRIES TO BUT MAKE SURE THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING, BUT. BUT I HAVE ONE.

GO AHEAD. NO. GO RIGHT AHEAD GLENN. FOR YOU IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A $50 FEE PAID FOR THE POSTPONEMENT.

WAS THAT MADE? YES WE DO. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT 'S PAID, BUT YES, THAT IS PART FOR ANY POSTPONEMENT THERE'S A $50 ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE.

ALL RIGHT, AND ARE YOU CERTIFIED YOURSELF? NO, BECAUSE I I'M NEVER AT NIGHTTIME OR ANYTHING.

OKAY. I'M JUST DURING THE DAY, BUT THE OTHERS ARE CERTIFIED.

JOHNNY HE WORKS DAY AND NIGHT, HE'S THE ONE THAT'S CERTIFIED.

MICHELLE'S THERE. BUT MISS GREENWELL, WAS SHE CERTIFIED? YES. BECAUSE I DON'T SEE HER NAME. I MEAN, I MAYBE I'M.

WELL, SHE'S NOT THERE ANYMORE. SHE'S NOT THERE ANYMORE. SO WHEN THIS WAS PREPARED.

YES, SHE WAS. SHE'S ALREADY. ALREADY IS. OKAY.

HOW LONG HAD SHE WORKED FOR YOU? A WHILE. SHE YEAH, SHE WAS THERE A WHILE.

I WANT TO SAY MORE THAN TWO YEARS AT LEAST, BECAUSE IT WAS HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN SHE STARTED COLLEGE.

YEAH. DO YOU HAVE A SCANNER? YES, WE HAVE SCANNERS.

SO SHE DID NOT PUT IT IN? WELL, IT POPS UP, CHECK THE ID.

WHEN YOU SCAN THE ALCOHOL, IT PROMPTS UP MUST CHECK ID, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HIT THAT BUTTON AFTER YOU CHECK THE ID.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO SCAN IT. OKAY, AND YOU HAVE TO CHECK IT.

AND SINCE THEN, THEY'VE ASKED ME TO COME IN AND STAND BEHIND THE CLIENTS LIKE I DO FOR MOST OF MY BUSINESSES.

WE'RE CHECKING IDS AND SHOWING PEOPLE WHAT TO LOOK FOR, SO THEY HAVE DONE A PROACTIVE CHOICE ON WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO, IN MY OPINION. ESPECIALLY FOR A BUSINESS THAT THIS HASN'T HAPPENED IN A VERY, VERY LONG TIME, AND THEY THEY'VE CERTAINLY BEEN CHECKED EVERY YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN HERE.

SO SO THE DATE OF THIS WAS IN NOVEMBER, RIGHT? AND THEY ASKED FOR A POSTPONEMENT, WHICH WE GRANTED.

HAVE YOU BEEN BACK AND DONE ANOTHER CHECK SINCE THEN? YES. I'VE BEEN BACK AT LEAST THREE TIMES, FOUR TIMES.

AND NO ISSUES? NO, I'VE EVEN CHECKED THEM DURING THEIR SUB SALE WHEN THEY WERE CRAZY BUSY, AND THEY I THINK THEY TOOK THIS VERY SERIOUSLY FROM WHAT I, FROM WHAT I GATHER.

OKAY. HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE THAT YOU NEED BEFORE WE GO INTO DELIBERATION? OKAY. WE'LL GO INTO DELIBERATION. WHAT'S YOUR WHAT'S YOUR WHAT DO YOU FEEL THAT THEY'RE GUILTY.

I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT. THERE'S DEFINITELY A GUILT THERE.

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TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEM. YEAH. IT'S THE EMPLOYEE NO LONGER WORKS THERE.

SO WENT ON TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE THERE BEFORE WE DO THE PENALTY STAGE.

RIGHT. CORRECT. OKAY. WE HAVE TO FIND WHETHER WE FIND THEM GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY, AND THEN WE GO INTO THE DELIBERATIONS.

OKAY. WE'RE IN DELIBERATION RIGHT NOW. OKAY. WELL, BASED ON THE EVIDENCE, BASED ON THE TESTIMONY, THERE'S NO DOUBT TO ME THAT THERE WAS A VIOLATION OF THAT PARTICULAR.

THEY DON'T THEY DON'T THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT CONTESTING AND THEY'VE MADE THEY'VE MADE CHANGES THAT PARTICULAR EMPLOYEE TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN THERE AGAIN. RIGHT. SO SO YOU WANT TO MAKE A YEAH I WANT TO WE'RE DONE WITH DELIBERATION AND WE CAN GO ON. OKAY. I WANT TO JUST ASK STEWART INSTEAD OF MAKING A MOTION, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO FIND THEM GUILTY.

IS THAT CORRECT? I MOVE YES, AND THEN MOVE TO APPROVE THAT WOULD BE THE INSTEAD OF THE SECOND.

NO, IT WOULD BE I SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. OKAY.

SO I WANT TO MOVE TO FIND BULLOCK'S GUILTY OF THE VIOLATION 6-304 TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AND CANNABIS ARTICLE OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONER RULE AND REGULATION NUMBER 2.26.

SPECIFICALLY, AN EMPLOYEE SOLD AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE TO AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER THE AGE OF 21.

I SECOND THAT MOTION. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT BULLOCK'S BE FOUND GUILTY OF SELLING TO UNDER AGE OF 21. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? YES. WELL, IT'S A SERIOUS CHARGE. IT IS. CORRECT IT'S A SERIOUS CHARGE.

I BELIEVE SHOWING THE RECORD THE LAST FIVE YEARS NO VIOLATIONS AT ALL.

NO VIOLATIONS SINCE 1998, AND NONE SINCE THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT.

RIGHT. WE HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT ON THAT. OUR INSPECTOR STATED THAT HE'S BEEN BACK FOUR TIMES.

TESTED THEM YOU KNOW, HE'S TESTED THEM NUMEROUS TIMES LEADING UP TO THIS AND AFTER THIS.

SO I DON'T THINK $1,000 TO ME IS A LITTLE OVERKILL.

I AGREE, AND THAT WE REDUCE IT SOMEWHAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MAGIC NUMBER WOULD BE, BUT NO SUSPENSION, NOT $1,000 FINE, THAT WE REDUCE THE FINE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR TAKE IS ON THAT.

DO YOU WANT TO, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION ON THIS ONE OR DO YOU WANT ME TO? WELL, WE GOT TO TO ME WE GOT TO DECIDE ON WHAT, HOW MUCH THE FINE IS GOING TO BE.

WE HAVEN'T DECIDED THAT YET, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE $1,000.

CORRECT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE $500.

I'M TRYING TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE FOR HOW MANY YEARS THEY'VE SERVED AND HAVEN'T HAD A VIOLATION.

I SAY WE CUT IT IN HALF TO THE $500. I AGREE WITH THAT.

SO SO ARE YOU OKAY WITH. I'M FINE WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT.

I MOVE THAT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE HAVE STATED, AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE STATE THOSE THOSE OUR REASONING FOR THAT REDUCTION IN FINE. SO I MOVE THAT AS A SANCTION, AS A PENALTY FOR VIOLATING 6-304 OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND 2.26 FOR CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF LICENSE RULES AND REGULATION, THAT WE ADMINISTER A $500 FINE. THE REASON WE'RE GOING WITH A $500 FINE, AS OPPOSED TO $1,000,

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I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE ASSESS A $500 FINE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SO MOVED. PLUS THE ADMINISTRATION FEES, PLUS THE ADMINISTRATION. SO LET'S GET THIS STRAIGHT.

SHE HAS TO PAY $500 FOR THE VIOLATION, $50 FOR THE POSTPONEMENT AND ANOTHER $50 FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE $600, AND THAT HAS TO BE PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS.

30 DAYS? YEAH. YOU'LL GET YOU'LL GET YOUR WRITTEN NOTICE AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE 30 DAYS TO PAY.

YEP. NOW YOU HAVE YOU HAVE 30 DAYS. OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY, GUYS.

YOU TOO. SAME TO YOU. YOU TOO. SEE YOU IN THE MORNING.

OH PROBABLY NOT.

OH, HE'S GONE FOR A WEEK. BYE, GUYS. BYE BYE.

OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS ACTION ITEMS WERE, THE FIRST ONE IS THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AMENDMENT FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE RULE OF.

[Action Items]

[Rules & Regulations Amendment No. 2025-1 - Amending Rule 2.21 Granting of License/Time Limit of Approval]

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT? YES. THE RULES AND REGULATION AMENDMENT NUMBER 2.25-1 IS AMENDING RULE 2.21 GRANTING OF LICENSE TIME LIMIT OF APPROVAL, AND . YOU JUST WANT TO READ WHAT THE NEW REGULATION WILL HOW IT WILL READ.

YES. THE GRANTING OF THE LICENSE TIME LIMIT OF APPROVAL IS ANY TRANSFER OR NEW LICENSE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL GRANTED BY THE BOARD IS VALID FOR 90 DAYS INSTEAD OF 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE HEARING, UNLESS THE BOARD ESTABLISHES SOME OTHER DEADLINE WHEN GRANTING ITS CONDITIONAL APPROVAL.

NO LATER THAN 14 DAYS BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF THE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL.

THE APPLICANT MAY APPLY FOR ONE EXTENSION OF TIME.

AN EXTENSION MAY BE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME NOT EXCEEDING THE END OF THE CURRENT LICENSE YEAR ENDING APRIL 30TH.

IF THE LICENSE IS NOT ISSUED WITHIN THE ORIGINAL OR EXTENDED TIME PERIOD, THE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF THE LICENSE WILL BE REVOKED.

IT IS SOLELY WITHIN THE BOARD'S DISCRETION TO APPROVE OR DENY AN EXTENSION OF TIME.

THE LICENSE MUST NOT BE ISSUED UNTIL THE APPLICANT IS FULLY READY TO USE THE LICENSE, AND ALL OTHER APPROVALS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

PURSUANT TO THE POWER VESTED IN IT BY SECTION 15-207 OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND CANNABIS ARTICLE OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND THE BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS OF CAROLINE COUNTY, MARYLAND HEREBY REVISE THEIR RULES AND REGULATIONS, AMENDING CHAPTER TWO GENERAL PROVISIONS BY REPEALING AND REENACTING RULE POINT.

EXCUSE ME. RULE 2.21 AS SET FORTH ABOVE, AND GENTLEMEN, I HAVE THE DOCUMENT FOR YOU GUYS TO SIGN.

LET ME JUST MAKE A MOTION, AND YOU ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER THE EFFECTIVE DATE.

OKAY. WHEN YOU WANT THIS EFFECTIVE, IF YOU DO ADOPT IT TODAY.

OKAY. MAY THE 1ST. CAN WE CAN WE DO IT THAT FAST.

ARE WE OKAY WITH THAT? YEAH. IS THERE A TIME FRAME WHEN WE CAN DO.

OKAY. DO IT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN MAKE IT EFFECTIVE WITH THE LICENSE YEAR OF MAY 1ST, AND WE'LL DISTRIBUTE THIS WITH ALL OF THE RENEWAL LICENSES.

YOU WANT ME TO DO THAT, I CAN, YEAH, I WILL. I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT NUMBER 2025-1 THE CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO RULE 2.21 AND MAKE IT EFFECTIVE AS OF

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SO MOVED. THE MOTION CARRIED. MOTION CARRIED.

I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING I WAS LIKE, AND THAT'S WHY I WAS LOOKING OVER AT YOU BECAUSE I WAS LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING HE TOLD ME TO SAY IT WAS DIFFERENT.

WE WILL GET USED TO THIS, I KNOW. NO. I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING.

WELL, YOU'RE DEALING WITH A GUY THAT FORGOT HIS SHOES AND HIS CELL PHONE TODAY.

HE AT LEAST GOT DRESSED. I HAD TO GO BACK AND GET MY SHOES, AND I WAS SO FOCUSED ON MY SHOES, I FORGOT TO GET THIS. DID YOU WALK OUTSIDE? I WALKED OUT IN CROCS, BUT I CAME BACK.

OKAY. MOVING ON. OKAY. THE NEXT ACTION ITEM IS THE PRESTON ROADHOUSE WRITTEN DECISION

[Preston Roadhouse - Written Decision - Show Cause Hearing]

THANK YOU. AND THIS IS THE WRITTEN DECISION BASED OFF OF MARCH 26TH SHOW CAUSE HEARING FOR PRESTON ROADHOUSE. THE BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY IN THE VIOLATION OF THE FOLLOWING CHARGE TO SECTION 6.. I'M SORRY, 6-313 OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AND CANNABIS ARTICLE OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS, RULE AND REGULATION NUMBER 2.2.

SPECIFICALLY, AN EMPLOYEE SERVED AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE TO AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER THE AGE OF 21.

THE PENALTY WAS A $1,000 FINE PLUS A $50 ADMINISTRATIVE COST.

IF THERE IS NO CONCERNS ON THE WRITTEN DECISIONS, THEN IT'S READY FOR YOUR SIGNATURE.

DID HE ALREADY PAY? NO. NO.

HE WILL HAVE UNTIL MAY 23RD TO MAKE THE PAYMENT.

YEAH.

THANK YOU STEWART. NEXT ON THE

[Bargain Beverage - Certificate of Permission for Continuation of Business]

THIS IS WHERE MR. HASTINGS, THE LICENSE HOLDER, PASSED AWAY, AND NOW MR. DOWNES IS THE ACTING LICENSE HOLDER. THE A RENEWAL LICENSE HAS BEEN ISSUED TO BARGAIN BEVERAGE WITH MR. DOWNES AS THE LICENSE HOLDER, AND IF THERE'S NO CONCERNS ON THE WRITTEN CERTIFICATE THEN IT'S READY FOR YOUR SIGNATURE AS WELL.

IS THERE A MOTION ON THAT? OH, NO, I THINK WE'VE WE'VE WE'VE APPROVED IT.

IT'S JUST WE JUST GOT TO SIGN. YEAH. YEAH.

CRYSTAL, HAS THERE BEEN ANY WORD? HAVE THEY ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO RENEW WITH HIM ON IT, OR WERE THEY ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING? THEY DID THEY FILED THE RENEWAL WITH MR. DOWNES AS THE LICENSE HOLDER, AND THEY'LL HAVE 18 MONTHS TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE LICENSE, AND I KNOW THAT MR. HASTINGS, WHO'S THE PROPERTY OWNER STATED, I BELIEVE THEY'RE WORKING WITH DENNIS FARINA.

THEIR CORPORATION WAS FORMED BACK IN THE EARLY 80S, AND I THINK THEY'RE HAVING SOME DIFFICULTIES TRYING TO FIND PAPERWORK AND GET EVERYTHING SQUARED AWAY. BUT THEY HAVE FILED AN APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER TO HAVE RODNEY DAULT, WHO IS MR.

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HE'S GOING TO REQUEST TO BE A LICENSE HOLDER, AS WELL AS LINDA STUTZMAN, THE CURRENT STORE MANAGER.

SO THEY WILL BE ON THE AGENDA AT SOME POINT AS SOON AS THEY CAN GET THEIR CORPORATION SQUARED AWAY TO, TO FILE THAT TRANSFER. SO WE DO HAVE THE, THE APPLICATION IN HAND.

OKAY. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MORE ACTION ITEMS. NO.

THAT'S IT. MOVING ON TO BOARD ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.

[Board Administrator Report]

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS AN EVENT. OH, THEY HAD AN EVENT.

EXCUSE ME. MARCH 28TH. AFTER OUR MEETING, A TIMELESS TOAST COCKTAIL PARTY.

WE HAVE AN UPCOMING EVENT FOR THE GOLDSBORO VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY.

THEIR MONTHLY SHRIMP FEAST, WHICH IS I'M SORRY THAT HAPPENED ALREADY.

YES. APRIL 4TH. SAINT BENEDICT'S CHURCH, THIS IS UPCOMING BULL AND OYSTER ROAST FUNDRAISER.

I BELIEVE THAT'S THIS SATURDAY 4/26. WE ALSO HAVE RED LIGHT LIQUORS TASTING.

THEY WAS ISSUED A TASTING PERMIT FOR APRIL 26TH.

THIS IS THEIR 11TH EVENT UNDER THE 24-25 THE CURRENT LICENSE YEAR, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SATURDAY FROM 1 TO 5 P.M..

THEY ARE INTRODUCING A NEW BEER COMPANY, WHICH WE'LL BE DOING THE TASTING.

WE ALSO HAVE DENTON VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY WITH THEIR MULTI-EVENT, THIS IS THEIR FIRST EVENT OF THE YEAR.

IT'S THE 13TH ANNUAL GUN BASH, WHICH IS GOING TO BE HELD JUNE 7TH.

GREENSBORO VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, THEY WERE ISSUED A 30 EVENT LICENSE, AND THEY HAVE AN UPCOMING EVENTS ON MAY 3RD NEXT WEEK, SATURDAY, WHICH IS THE ANNUAL TRACTOR PULL EVENT.

THE CHESAPEAKE CULINARY CENTER, THEY WERE ISSUED A TEN EVENT LICENSE, AND THEY HAVE TWO EVENTS UPCOMING MAY 2ND, WHICH IS THE CINCO DE MAYO HAPPY HOUR, WHICH WILL BE FROM 4 TO 9:30, AND EMPTY BOWLS, FOOD AND FUNDRAISER, WHICH WILL BE THE NEXT DAY, 5TH MAY 3RD. EXCUSE ME FROM 3 TO 7:30 P.M., AND THIS IS THEIR FIFTH AND SIXTH EVENT, AND LASTLY, WE HAVE AMERICAN LEGION WINGS AND WHEELS WEDNESDAY, AND THEY PROVIDED US WITH THEIR DATES FOR THE SUMMER, WHICH IS MAY 21ST, JUNE 18TH, JULY 16TH, AUGUST 20TH, SEPTEMBER 10TH, AND OCTOBER 15TH. THOSE ARE THE MOST UPDATED UPDATES, UPCOMING EVENTS THAT'S COMING UP.

AND AS FAR AS THE RENEWAL OF LIQUOR LICENSES AT THIS TIME, A MAJORITY OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE ALREADY PICKED UP THEIR LICENSES. WE HAVE A REMAINING OF 13 ESTABLISHMENTS STILL TO BE PICKED UP, AND NEXT MONTH WE DO HAVE A NEW LICENSE APPLICATION COMING UP, BRUNECK BAIT AND TACKLE, AND THAT'S SLATED FOR OUR MAY MEETING.

ADVERTISEMENT WILL BE GOING FORTH IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND I ATTENDED THE MALA MALA BIWEEKLY. THE LAST MEETING WAS, WHAT, APRIL 11TH AT 12 P.M..

IT WAS JUST BASICALLY DISCUSSIONS GOING ON WITH EVERYONE IN THE COUNTY ON HOW WE WERE HANDLING THE RENEWALS, ANY SETBACKS, ANY ISSUES AND WHAT, YOU KNOW ANY SUGGESTIONS TO HELP US GET THROUGH ANY SETBACKS THAT WAS FORTHCOMING, AND THAT CONCLUDES THE BOARD ADMINISTRATOR REPORT.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. MOVING ON TO THE INSPECTOR'S REPORT.

[Inspector's Report]

SO I'VE BEEN FILLING IN FOR OUR CODES ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, AS THAT IS ONE PART OF MY JOB.

TO GET OPERATING LIKE EL CHUPACABRA. WENT WENT IN AND DID AN INSPECTION FOR THEM.

I EXPLAINED TO THEM, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO GIVE THEM SOME TIME TO GET EVERYTHING IN ORDER AND ESTABLISH THEIR BUSINESS BEFORE I CAME IN AND STARTED ENFORCING VIOLATIONS,

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SHE RAN EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT IN MY EYES, AND WE WENT OVER EVERYTHING FROM THE PATIO OUTSIDE TO ALL THE RECORDS.

SO I HAVE NO COMPLAINTS THERE. WENT TO RIDGELEY EXXON, WHERE I'D BEEN A FEW MONTHS EARLIER, AND THEY HAD SOME ISSUES. ALL OF WHICH, YOU KNOW, I JUST GAVE THEM VERBAL WARNINGS, TOO, AND THEY'VE GOTTEN EVERYTHING INTO COMPLIANCE AS WELL. SO IT'S MADE IT REALLY, REALLY EASY. AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

I'VE BEEN AROUND TO A FEW OF THE LOCAL BARS BETWEEN GREENSBORO AND DENTON, AND THE POOL LEAGUES ARE FILLING THE PLACES UP.

BOTH PLACES D&D, ROADHOUSE, EVERYWHERE. THE VFW, THE LEGION'S, THEY'VE ALL BEEN DOING SOME KIDS EVENTS WITH THE EASTER EGG HUNTS. VFW JUST DID THEIR BUNNY SHOOT, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE A TURKEY SHOOT.

THEY DID THAT OUTSIDE, SO THEY'VE REALLY BEEN USING THAT OUTSIDE AREA THAT YOU'VE GIVEN THEM. SO, YEAH, I'VE BEEN DOING ALL THOSE THINGS AND CONTINUE TO CHECK IDS.

MOST RECENTLY, THE MOST INTERESTING THING I WENT UP TO A BUSINESS IN THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTY AND WAS CHECKING IDS, AND LEARNING ABOUT SOME EVENTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN HAVING WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF UP IN THAT AREA.

WE OBSERVED AN AMISH COUPLE COME INTO THE BUSINESS, AND THE TWO THE TWO PEOPLE BEHIND THE COUNTER I HAD ACTUALLY TRAINED, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I TAUGHT IN THERE WAS, KNOW YOUR CLIENT BASE AND THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTY, YOU GET A GOOD AMOUNT OF AMISH. SO I EXPLAINED, YOU KNOW, AMISH IDS THINGS LIKE THAT TO THEM IN THE CLASS.

WE SAW THIS COUPLE ROLL INTO THE PARKING LOT, AND WE THOUGHT ANYTHING LIKE MAYBE THEY WERE COMING TO GET A BAG OF CHIPS OR SOMETHING.

THEY CAME AND GOT SOME ALCOHOL AND APPROACHED THE COUNTER OF COURSE, I WAS DRESSED IN NORMAL CLOTHES JUST BEHIND THE COUNTER, SHOWING EVERYBODY WHAT TO CHECK FOR WITH THE IDS.

AND THE TWO COUPLE COMES IN, THEY TRY TO PURCHASE A COUPLE BOXES AND BOTTLES OF ALCOHOL.

SO THE GUY LOOKS AT ME AND I SAID, DO YOU HAVE YOUR ID? HE SAYS, NO, WE'RE AMISH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE IDS, AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWED UP WITH SOME QUESTIONS.

WHERE ARE YOU FROM? HOW OLD ARE YOU? AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I EXPLAINED IN MY CLASS THAT DELAWARE DOES GIVE AMISH IDS THEY JUST DON'T HAVE PICTURES ON THEM, AND HE SAYS, NO, I'M FROM, YOU KNOW HE SAID, PEARSON'S CORNER, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

SO WE GET TALKING AND HE SAYS HE DOESN'T HAVE HIS ID.

I SAID, OKAY, JUST ASK SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.

WHO'S YOUR BISHOP? YOU KNOW, I'LL TALK TO HIM, SEE WHO YOU ARE.

WE CAN GET YOU ON SOME KIND OF LIST. HE STARTS TO CHANGE HIS MIND, BACKPEDAL, AND I NOTICED THE GIRL SEPARATES FROM HIM AND GOES OUTSIDE.

SO IT WAS THE FIRST INDICATION WHEN HE TOLD ME HE WAS 21.

WELL, IN MY EXPERIENCE, 21, NO ONE'S EXACTLY 21, USUALLY, AND THEN IT CAME BACK.

I'LL LEAVE AND I'LL GO THIS WAY, AND I KEPT ASKING HIM WHO HIS BISHOP WAS AND THE FASTER HE LEFT.

SO I ALSO INFORMED HIM, AS HE WAS LEAVING, THAT HE HAD A TAIL LIGHT OUT JUST SO HE COULD GET HOME SAFE, BUT IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE THE BUSINESS WAS LIKE YOU TOLD US, THIS HAPPENS, AND I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SOLD TO HIM, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. AND I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THINGS TO LEARN FROM.

SO IT WAS A GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

I DID TREAT IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT. I DIDN'T PHOTOGRAPH THEM THINGS LIKE THAT BASED ON THE AMISH COMMUNITY.

SO, BUT JUST SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO HAPPEN IN THE COMMUNITY, AND SOMETHING FOR ME TO LEARN FROM.

ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? YOU SAID THERE'S, LIKE, 13 BUSINESSES, SO I'M ASSUMING THAT MEANS EVERYBODY'S MEET ALL THEIR CRITERIA. YES. OKAY. THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION.

SLOWLY. THEY HAVE BEEN MEETING THE 13. WE STILL HAVE MAYBE A 2 OR 3 ESTABLISHMENTS THAT HAVE TO GET THEIR COMMISSIONER'S RELEASE, AND ONE OF THEM IS DMB TAVERN, WHICH WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR. BUT THE REMAINDERS, THEY'RE JUST READY TO BE PICKED UP AS LONG AS THEY PROVIDE THEIR NEW BUSINESS LICENSE.

OKAY. YEAH. YOU'LL KEEP AN EYE ON. YES. THESE FEW TO MAKE SURE THAT.

IF THEY DON'T GET EVERYTHING IN. YES. YEAH. I'VE BEEN CHECKING ON THESE BUSINESSES, AND I'VE BEEN CHECKING ON WHETHER ANY FUTURE VIOLATIONS THAT ARE COMING THAT I KNOW THAT ARE COMING TOWARDS YOU GUYS, I'VE WENT BACK AND I'VE DONE INSPECTIONS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE VIOLATIONS,

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[Adjournment]

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING OF THE CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23RD, 2025. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.

ALL OPPOSED?

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.