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MEMO TO CITY COUNCIL
Request to Include Topic on the City Council Agenda
From: Emily Kane, Deputy City Attorney Meeting Date: November 12, 2024
Presenter: Lt.Jamie Lesie, Meridian Police Department Estimated Time: 0.5 minutes
Topic: Resolution Adopting an Administrative Policy of the Meridian Police Department
Regarding Approved Server Training Programs
Recommended Council Action:
Council please adopt and Mayor please approve and sign the resolution.
Background:
Meridian City Code section 3-7-3 requires waiters and bartenders who serve or sell alcohol to
complete an alcohol server training and certification program approved by the Chief of Police within
thirty days of employment.
Meridian City Code section 3-7-2(B) states that the Chief of Police shall approve a server training
program providing such training and certification upon a determination that the program educates
and tests participants on nine enumerated topics:
1. Consistently and accurately verifying patrons' proof of age and identification;
2. Recognizing false and altered identification documents;
3. Understanding the effects of alcohol on the human body;
4. Monitoring patrons' alcohol intake and/or behavior;
5. Recognizing intoxicated persons;
6. Methods of refusing to sell or serve alcohol to intoxicated persons;
7. Providing alternatives to alcoholic beverages;
8. Problem solving in dealing with intoxicated and/or belligerent patrons; and
9. All state and local laws and rules pertaining to the sale and service of alcoholic beverages.
Pursuant to Meridian City Code section 3-7-2(A),City Council is to effectuate by resolution the Police
Chiefs approval of the alcohol server training programs meeting this criteria.
MPD's list of approved server training programs was last updated in 2011, via City of Meridian
Resolution no. 11-830. Since that time, two of the approved programs have changed their contact
information. This resolution provides an updated list of approved server training programs with
correct contact information.
CITY OF MERIDIAN RESOLUTION NO. 24-2490
BY THE CITY COUNCIL: CAVENER, LITTLE ROBERTS, OVERTON,
STRADER, TAYLOR,WHITLOCK
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY OF THE MERIDIAN
POLICE DEPARTMENT REGARDING APPROVED ALCOHOL SERVER TRAINING
PROGRAMS; AUTHORIZING THE POLICE CHIEF TO CARRY OUT SUCH POLICY;
SUPERSEDING PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED POLICIES REGARDING ALCOHOL SERVER
TRAINING PROGRAMS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS,Meridian City Code section 3-7-3 requires waiters and bartenders who serve or
sell alcohol to complete an alcohol server training and certification program within thirty days of their
employment;
WHEREAS,Meridian City Code section 3-7-2(B) states that the Chief of Police shall approve
an alcohol server training program for such training and certification upon a determination that such
program educates participants and tests participants on nine enumerated topics;
WHEREAS,the Chief of Police finds that the programs enumerated in the Administrative
Policy attached hereto as Exhibit A meet the requirements of Meridian City Code section 3-7-2(B); and
WHEREAS,the Mayor and City Council find that it is in the best interest of the health, safety,
and welfare of the people of Meridian to adopt and effectuate the Administrative Policy attached
hereto as Exhibit A;
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MERIDIAN, IDAHO AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the Administrative Policy attached hereto as Exhibit A is hereby adopted and
effectuated by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Meridian.
Section 2. That the Chief of Police is authorized to carry out this Administrative Policy.
Section 3. That all previous iterations and adoptions of administrative policies approving server
training programs pursuant to Meridian City Code section 3-7-2 are hereby superseded, including,
without limitation, City of Meridian Resolution no. 11-830.
Section 4. That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its adoption
and approval.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Meridian, Idaho, this 121" day of Nov., 2024.
APPROVED by the Mayor of the City of Meridian, Idaho, this 121h day of Nov., 2024.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
Robert E. Simison, Mayor Chris Johnson, City Clerk
RESOLUTION ADOPTING APPROVED ALCOHOL SERVER TRAINING PROGRAMS PAGG I
EXHIBIT A
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Meridian Police Department
ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY
SUBJECT: APPROVED SERVER TRAINING PROGRAMS
PURPOSE: To enumerate Approved Server Training Programs, the completion of
which shall qualify a Server for certification pursuant to the requirements of Title 3,
Chapter 7, Meridian City Code.
POLICY: These server training programs are found by the Chief of Police to meet the
requirements of Meridian City Code section 3-7-2(B) and are therefore deemed to be
Approved Server Training Programs for the purposes of Title 3, Chapter 7, Meridian
City Code:
1. TIPS (Training for Intervention Procedures)
360training.com, Inc., dba TIPS
6504 Bridge Point Parkway, Suite 100
Austin, Texas 78730
800-438-8477
support@360training.com
www.gettips.com
2. Learn2Serve Alcohol Seller and Server Certification
360training.com, Inc.
6504 Bridge Point Parkway, Suite 100
Austin, Texas 78730
877-881-2235
support@360training.com
www.360training.com
3. ServSafe Alcohol Responsible Alcohol Service Training program
National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation
175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 1500
Chicago, Illinois 60604-2702
(800) 765-2122
www.servsafe.com
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