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1. Have a minimum of two employees on the premises <br />from 11:00 p.m. until closing or 7:00 a.m., which <br />ever occurs -first; or <br />2. Construct a self-contained pay booth meeting <br />standards contained in the ordinance for the <br />protection of the cashier(s); or <br />3. Install an audiovisual monitoring system which <br />allows security personnel live access to the <br />operation 24 hours a day. <br />Assistant County Attorney Sharon Brennan reported that Chief <br />Deputy Larry Tippins of the Sheriff's Department has said that the <br />Sheriff's Department is in favor of the adoption of this program. <br />This ordinance provides enough flexibility that the owners of the <br />store can choose what option is best for them to protect their <br />business and their employees. She pointed out that there is one <br />change in the ordinance. In Section 5 on page 4 where it states <br />that "periodic inspections by the police department", that needs <br />to be changed to Sheriff's Department and/or code enforcement <br />officer. <br />Commissioner Bird asked what a reasonable effective date <br />would be in order to give the owners time to comply with the <br />ordinance, and Attorney Brennan felt that 60-90 days would be <br />reasonable because if they do choose the options that deal with <br />pay booth or the audio/visual monitoring system, that would <br />involve getting the equipment and installing it. <br />Commissioner Scurlock felt 90 days would be a reasonable <br />time, and the Board indicated their agreement. <br />Commissioner Wheeler questioned the definition of "readily <br />accessible", and Attorney Brennan advised that would be the amount <br />in the cash register that the clerk could get immediately. <br />Commissioner Wheeler planned on supporting the ordinance, but <br />had a problem with businesses in the community having to revamp <br />their stores to comply with the bolt and drop -safe requirement, <br />and either constructing a self-contained pay booth or installing <br />an audio-visual monitoring system. He understands that this <br />ordinance is for any retail business that operates during these <br />37 <br />MAR 6 1990 Boor .' U 4ud <br />