2017-07-20 Liquor Adjudication Board Minutes

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Smith: I have a question. So in the situation where you didn't have a blue card holder that was identified on your list, did someone not show up to work? What were the circumstances? Pintor: The previous manager had left. Smith: Was he scheduled to be there and didn't stay? Pintor: Yeah. He put the restaurant in that predicament. If it was slow, he would come and go and say, "Call me." Obviously, that wasn't okay and we had to let him go because he was being irresponsible by not taking his duties as a manager properly. I think he's been gone about a month to a month-and-a-half. It was a process of trying to work him until we could fire him because there is a legal process. It did take us some time to go through the proper channels to make sure we were letting him go for proper reasons. Pawasarat-Losalio: I have a question. How long was that manager employed with your organization? Pintor: A couple of years? Pawasarat-Losalio: For a while? Pintor: Yeah, he's been there for a couple of years. He started off doing a decent job. For whatever reason, I don't know why but in the last six months or more, maybe he got burnt out in my opinion. He wasn't following through on his managerial duties. Pawasarat-Losalio: Were any of the prior infractions under his management? Pintor: All of them were. I don't have the dates. Pawasarat-Losalio: How far back do those infractions go? Schoen: Mr. Chair, the License was issued in 2010. The two prior violations for Rule 5-2 occurred on July 31, 2012 and on August 5, 2012, for no persons in active charge. For those cases, the Board did recommend a $1,000 fine with $500 suspended for 12 months. The Department is recommending a $1,000 fine for this case. Masuda: With no suspension? Schoen: With no suspension. Lindsey: Do we have any discussion on the penalty? There was no discussion from the Board Members. JULY 20, 2017—LIQUOR ADJUDICATION BOARD MINUTES 6