(A) Commissioner. The Village Mayor shall, in accordance with local and state law, serve as the Local Liquor Control Commissioner of the village, and shall be charged with the administration of the provisions of the Act and of such ordinances and resolutions relating to alcoholic liquor as may be enacted. The Village Mayor may appoint a person or persons to assist him in the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties provided for such local liquor control commissioner. Any person so appointed by the local liquor control commissioner shall have the powers granted to the Local Liquor Control Commissioner by this section.
(B) Powers, duties and functions. The Local Liquor Control Commissioner shall have all of the powers, functions and duties delegated to that office by the Act and the resolutions and ordinances of the village, including but not limited to the following powers, duties and functions with respect to local liquor licenses/permits:
(1) To grant and/or suspend for not more than 30 days or revoke for cause, any local liquor license/permit issued by the village to persons or entities for premises within the Local Liquor Control Commissioner’s jurisdiction, and to impose fines as authorized by this chapter.
(2) To adopt rules and regulations for the conduct and operation of a licensee's business which are not inconsistent with state law or the resolutions and ordinances of the village.
(3) To enter or to authorize any law enforcement officer(s) to enter, at any time and with notice as required pursuant to state law, upon any licensed premises to determine whether the provisions of applicable state law, Village Code or the rules or regulations adopted by the Local Liquor Control Commissioner or by the state commission, have been or are being violated, and to examine the licensed premises in connection therewith.
(4) To receive complaints from any citizen within his jurisdiction that any of the provisions of state law or the Village Code have been or are being violated and to act upon such complaint in the manner provided by law.
(5) To order local liquor license/permit fees be paid to the village.
(6) To examine, or cause to be examined, under oath, any applicant for a local liquor license/permit, or as applicable for a renewal thereof, or any licensee upon whom notice of revocation or suspension has been served, or any licensee against whom a citation proceeding has been instituted by the state commission; to examine, or cause to be examined, the books and records of any such applicant, licensee or respondent; to hear testimony and take proof for his or her information in the performance of his or her duties; and for such purpose to issue subpoenas which shall be effective in any part of this state. For the purpose of obtaining any of the information desired by the Local Liquor Control Commissioner under this section, he or she may authorize his or her agent to act on his or her behalf.
(7) To order, upon the issuance of a written order, the licensed premises closed for not more than seven days, giving the licensee an opportunity to be heard during that period, if the Local Liquor Control Commissioner has reason to believe that any continued operation of a particular licensed premises will immediately threaten the welfare of the community; except that if such licensee shall also be engaged in the conduct of another business or businesses on the licensed premises unrelated to the local liquor license, such order shall not be applicable to the other business or businesses.
(8) To suspend, pending a hearing within 15 days of service of a notice of suspension, the privilege of delivering alcoholic liquor by any licensee who does not display a currently valid state and local liquor license, or who in the judgment of the Local Liquor Commissioner is operating a business in such a manner as to endanger the health or safety of patrons of the premises or of the community.
(9) Duty to report. The Local Liquor Control Commissioner shall, upon entering an order or ruling relative to a local liquor commissioner hearing, report to the Village Board at its next regularly schedule meet, his or her findings and the penalties, if any, initiated against the licensee.
(10) Compensation. The Local Liquor Commissioner's compensation is included in the Mayoral pay.
(Ord. 2023-05, passed 8-8-2023)