The Citizen, 2013-06-13, Page 24PAGE 24. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013.Liquor licence laws tightenfor community groups
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MacKenzie Gulutzen didn’t hold anything back when it was
her turn to run through the Logan Hallahan Memorial
inflatable obstacle course at the Belgrave Community
Centre on June 8. The event, which features a barbecue
meal and a silent and live auction, raises money for the
Wingham and District Hospital Foundation. (Denny Scott photo)
Getting inked
Buttons the Clown provided face-painting services at the
Logan Hallahan Memorial Barbecue on Sunday June 8 to
brave individuals like Rhys Tiffin who sat down and allowed
themselves to be her canvas. The event is a fundraiser for
the Wingham and District Hospital Foundation. (Denny Scott
photo)
Huron East Council is once again
faced with a conundrum when it
comes to declaring municipally
significant events.
At its June 4 meeting, council
received a request from the Ethel
Minor Ball Committee asking
council to declare its July 12-14
tournament municipally significant.
This declaration by the
municipality has become common
practice since liquor licensing laws
were recently changed, says Chief
Administrative Officer Brad
Knight.
In recent years the municipality
has had to declare events like the
tournament municipally significant
to aid in community organizations
obtaining liquor licences. The
process, however, is getting more
difficult, Knight says.
He said that because the Ethel
Minor Ball Committee is actually an
official committee of council, they
don’t have to take this step if they
want to hold a licensed event.
One of the major factors going
forward, Knight says, is what the
event is raising money for. If money
is being raised to be put back into a
local park, there should be no
problem, but if money is being
raised for a specific team or a local
league, Knight says it is getting
harder to declare such a fundraiser
municipally significant.
He said that with last year’s
Brussels 140th Homecoming
celebration, it was easier to declare
events municipally significant.
Knight used a similar application
from the Brussels Optimist Club on
the night’s agenda as an example,
saying that the Optimists’ volleyball
tournament on July 26-28 is
harder to declare municipally
significant.
Council passed a motion not
declaring the volleyball tournament
municipally significant, but that
council had no objections to the
Optimists applying for a liquor
licence.
Knight said if the organization is
not a registered charity, that is where
they run into problems and need
help from the municipality.
Knight said he hoped to give the
Optimists council’s motion of
support and see if they can obtain a
licence, if not, some changes may
have to be made before another
application can be submitted by the
club.
“We’re not giving them
permission,” MacLellan said, “we’re
just saying that we don’t have a
problem with it if they’re doing it
themselves.”
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