Council to change liquor licensing

At the Nov. 13 Encampment Town Council meeting, the first reading of a revised alcoholic beverages code was approved.

The revisions are still in an early draft form, and have not been reviewed by legal counsel, according to Town Clerk Doreen Harvey. There will be at least two more readings of the revised code at town council meetings and the public is invited to comment on the process.

Harvey said the change in the code is needed to bring the town code in line with state regulations and most of the revised language is borrowed from the statutes of other municipalities.

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