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d <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT THIS PUBLIC <br />HEARING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SETTING OUT THE HOURS FOR THE SERVING <br />OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN ORDINANCE FORM. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH TWO <br />EXTENDED PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THIS MATTER; WE HAVE HEARD ALL THE PROS <br />AND CONS; AND NOW WE HAVE':DETERMINED WHAT THE MUNICIPALITIES INTEND <br />TO DO. HE CONTINUED THAT HIS ORIGINAL MOTION WAS TO EXPRESS THE <br />BOARD'S INTENT TO EXTEND THE BAR HOURS, WITH THE RESERVATION THAT <br />THIS WAS ONLY FOR THE COUNTY AND WE NEEDED TO LEARN THE MUNICIPALITIES` <br />4. <br />VIEWS. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE NOW INTENDS TO SUPPORT <br />KEEPING THE HOURS AS THEY ARE EXCEPT FOR EXTENDING THE CLOSING <br />HOUR ON NEW YEAR'S EVE TO 3';00 A.M. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER AGREED THAT TO HAVE THE COUNTY <br />ALLOW LATER HOURS THAN THE MUNICPALITIES WOULD BE A VERY AWKWARD <br />SITUATION, AND HE WOULD, THEREFORE, ALSO SUPPORT KEEPING THE HOURS <br />AS THEY ARE NOW EXCEPT ON NEW YEAR's EVE. <br />COMMISSIONER DEESON STATED THAT HE PREVIOUSLY TOOK THE <br />POSITION OF OPPOSING ANY EXTENSION OF HOURS AND STILL DOES, BUT <br />THAT HE WOULD NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH ALLOWING EXTRA HOURS ON <br />NEW YEAR'S EVE, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT HE ALSO HAS.BEEN GREATLY <br />CONCERNED WITH THE HOURS FOR THE COUNTY AND THE MUNICIPALITIES <br />BEING THE SAME, AND NOW AFTER HEARING THE REPLY FROM THE <br />MUNICIPALITIES AND, IN ADDITION, THE PETITION'IBEING WITHDRAWN, <br />HE WOULD NO LONGER BE IN FAVOR OF THE HOURS BEING EXTENDED, BUT <br />WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT THE INEQUITIES ON NEW YEAR'S EVE. <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. <br />THERE WERE NONE. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED ORDINANCE No. 78-4 <br />ESTABLISHING HOURS FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES CONSISTENT WITH <br />RESOLUTION Ilo. 68-26, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ALLOWING A 3;00 A.M. CLOSING ON NEW <br />YEAR'S EVE. <br />aul <br />Book 34 PA -GE 3-1 <br />