Trying to corral raucous behaviour that can have the downtown resembling Dodge City on a drunken Saturday night, council adopted a motion by Ward 2 councillor Jeff Lehman to beef up enforcement of liquor violations, notably over-serving.
A cap-the-booze local think tank is also in the works, with the AGCO, the downtown BIA, city police, and bylaw officials being invited to form a working group to consider ideas and measures to “reduce negative impacts associated with closing time,” and report back to committee.