2020-02-20 Liquor Adjudication Board Minutes

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Armstrong: Which we did on that Monday. Correct. Smith: And, looking at your sales from your receipts, I agree. You hardly have any liquor sales but you have a lot of poke sales. That's the majority of your business. I think many of us are very business -minded and want you to be successful in your business, so we're trying to provide you with alternatives to stay in business and keep your employees employed and paid for their families and their obligations, too. I think you'll find the Department will do the same thing, too. They'll try to help you as much as they can while staying within the rules. Armstrong: I have to say, the Liquor Department here has always been incredibly cooperative with us whenever we've needed to get an off-site permit or anything like that. The people that work in your office have been more than accommodating. We have the Pa'ina Room there, so if we get the approval from Colliers, which is the management company for the Queen Lili'uokalani Trust, and pay our $523 after taxes, we submit our information immediately to your Department and they are timely and very concise and have worked well with us. We've had a couple of times where a party has been sprung on us at the last minute and what are we going to do? I say, "Well, let's make it happen. Let's get on it right away, we need to get the money over to Colliers first off, we get the information into Stacie or Mary or whoever it is at the Department so they can get it approved." The Liquor Department here has been good to us. I appreciate that. Smith: Okay, and also, we acknowledge the efforts you tried to make to get somebody from your other location to come and cover the retail establishment. That didn't check all the boxes, but at least (you) tried to do something. But in the future, when you run into situations, you can always call the Department and I'm sure Brandon or Gerald can give you their cell phone numbers if you wanted to call them whenever. Armstrong: That's a good idea. Thank you. Smith: Any other questions from the Board Members? Takase: I did have one for Mr. Armstrong. Smith: Gerald? Takase: Your terminated employee did not callus. It was a standard check. Armstrong: Okay, it just seemed odd to me, you know, the timing thing. Takase: No, there wasn't... Armstrong: That's okay. Thank you for letting me know. I appreciate that. Smith: If no other comments, Mr. Gonzalez? There were no other comments from the Board Members. FEBRUARY 20, 2020 - LIQUOR ADJUDICATION BOARD MINUTES 6