Sac County Fair Granted Liquor License

by Curtis Bloes

At the November 23, 2009 Sac City Council meeting the vote to renew the Sac County Fair’s class “C” license with outdoor service and Sunday sales came up.


During the “Citizen’s Opportunity to Address the Council” I noted publically that every time the Sac City Council votes without discussion on an item, it means that the council has had the discussion outside of the City Council meeting.

Sac City Councilman Brian Muska, obviously intending to make fun of me asked generally that if they voted on the license without discussion, would it mean that they held a meeting regarding it previously? …right before he then held a discussion with the SCPD Chief of Police about whether it was advisable to grant the Sac County Fair the licensein question. Police Chief Thomsen indicated that there were no law enforcement issues of concern regarding granting the Sac County Fair this license.

The Sac City Council always consults law enforcement openly and publically before granting any entity a liquor license, therefore the answer to Brian Muska’s question is “yes” if the city council voted on the license without discussion, it would mean that the discussion took place outside of the City Council Meeting. In fact, on those rare occasions (one time that I have witnessed,) when law enforcement could not be on hand to discuss liquor licenses, City Administrator Adam Ledford has admitted to holding a brief meeting with law enforcement outside of the City Council meeting so that HE could then report those findings to the Sac City Council in open meeting, before the vote.

After the discussion, the Council unanimously agreed to grant the Sac County Fair a class “C” liquor license with outdoor service and Sunday sales.