Commissioners in Clark County, Nevada recently added a new meeting to their usual agenda, one that specifically discusses the issues and regulations of liquor and gaming licenses. Until this point, the Board has held these discussions in the semimonthly meetings in its role as the Clark County Liquor and Gaming Licensing Board. However, Commissioner Lawrence Weekly, the chairman of the licensing board, requested a separate meeting to focus specifically on liquor and gaming.
A Review of Old Issues
These separate meetings will be held on the first or third Tuesday of February, April, July and October of each year, immediately following the regular board meeting. Jacqueline Holloway, Business License Director noted that her staff reviewed previous board meetings in an effort to find topics the group should consider discussing in these new meetings. For instance, a hot topic is distance regulations for liquor and gaming establishments from churches and schools.
The Inaugural Meeting
The inaugural meeting will be held February 1st, 2011. This first meeting will be especially long due to the backlog of issues that have been pushed off. One issue the board recognizes as being extremely urgent and important is the moratorium on tavern applications to discuss the details of what constitutes a tavern. The county will issue a letter to gaming and liquor-serving organizations to pronounce the new schedule as well as an agenda for the first meeting.
Licenses Continue to be Processed
click here to see most Popular PagesDespite the global economic crisis that has significantly affected the gaming industry, applications for gaming and liquor licenses continue to be processed as Clark County expands. Although these licenses are with smaller organizations and individual bar owners, the gaming and liquor dispensing industries present new challenges on a daily basis that must be addressed. The discussion of these issues separate from the regular board meetings will help improve the system.
Since the liquor and gaming licensing meeting directly follows the regularly scheduled board meeting, it will simply be a simple extension of time to discuss new developments and issues. The business licensing and liquor departments will not be the only groups that need to discuss specifics. All departments are beginning to concoct lists of previous items that must be addressed in these meetings.
Creating a completely separate meeting for these issues is an excellent idea. It will help the Clark County Liquor and Gaming License Board catch up on items they could not complete in the past. Due to the economic downturn in the United States, this committee is slower than usual so these meetings should improve overall productivity.
