2019-09-05 Liquor Adjudication Board Minutes

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Masuda: ...No, she meant as to the amount of fine. Sumera-Lee: Oh, no. No comment. We'll try our best. Thank you so much. Giffin: Great. You're welcome. Do I have a discussion, then, from the Board on the penalty, or are we all clear? Smith: I have one question. I just want to clarify. Did you end up getting the reader, the scanner thing? Sumera-Lee: We have an electronic tool that I think I sent them a receipt of the purchase. Giffin: You did. Smith: Thank you. Taniguchi: That's the one that automatically... Sumera-Lee: It's not the one that automatically does it. It stands in front and it automatically calculates in the date, so it stands, actually we have two registers we purchased and it goes side by side with the registers so they can analyze it. Smith: And what does it tell you? Sumera-Lee: The actual date of that date. So if someone came in under 21 on that same day, they would be like 'okay, today is your 21st birthday.' It's just an extra tool. The one that he's talking about that you can purchase, that you can swipe (the ID); for some reason, when I and this might also be too much information, but right now, only does for 21, so it throws it off if it's for tobacco and alcohol, because we have different rules here. Like in Virginia, they're going to...I've done a little bit of research on it and they're going to try to come out with one that (inaudible) so that same company, so that both of our, we don't have to buy two different ones when we buy it. Right now, we'd buy two, because we deal with the same thing with tobacco, right? Giffin: Anymore comments? Taniguchi: Yes, so that's not going to alleviate the problem that they're not looking at the license. The license tells you the same thing. If you're buying it just for that, you might be spending money that you don't really need to spend, I think. Sumera-Lee: Right. That's why I think the actual problem might just be having employees who have that understanding and really grasp it and take it really seriously and understand the infraction; and that they take it that seriously, that they know what's on the line. Unfortunately, as I mentioned, I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt which is why I had this youth working. But, I just don't think, that's what I think is the root of the problem (is). Like if you see someone drowning and you keep trying to save them, but if you go up the river and you find out why they're drowning, I think that they just might not have the capacity. And that's the truth. SEPTEMBER 5, 2019-LIQUOR ADJUDICATION BOARD MINUTES 10