Cy’s Roost may receive probationary liquor license Tuesday
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Cy’s Roost, 121 Welch Ave., will be the subject of a City Council motion to approve a six-month probationary liquor license.
The Ames Police Department has recommended the council consider this six-month license as a result of the 34 alcohol-related citations issued from Jan. 26, 2009, to Jan. 26, 2010. Violations included 17 cases of minors at the bar, 12 cases of minors with fake IDs, two cases of minors in possession of alcohol and one failure to prevent minors from obtaining alcohol among other citations.
Police have responded to 58 calls including occurrences of disorderly conduct, assault, noise and public intoxication in the past year.
“With the number of violations, we just felt it was prudent to bring it to the council with a six-month recommendation,” said Chuck Cychosz, chief of police.
According to the police department’s liquor license renewal criteria form, the police have investigated incidences of alcohol being served after hours, including an instance where the manager was cited for “dispensing alcoholic beverages after hours.”
Emily Burton, deputy city clerk, works with renewing alcohol licenses. She mentioned that a six-month license has the same privileges as a regular 12-month license, the only difference is it’s issued for a shorter time period.
The police department will give Cy’s Roost six months to improve. At the end of this period, the bar will be eligible for consideration for a full renewal.
“In most cases, the liquor license holders are very responsive to our concerns and are able to make the management changes we recommend and improve their operations,” Cychosz said. Cychosz said at the end of the six-month period, the Ames Police Department will report back to the City Council with recommendations of what action it should take next.
Ames Police has officers patrolling the Campustown area along with regular visits to bars to ensure they are operating up to standards.
“We have quarterly bar meetings and we communicate our concerns to the bar managers on a regular basis,” Cychosz said. “Particularly if we think there are things they should do differently or improve upon.”
Cy’s Roost manager Andy White was unavailable to comment, but according to the liquor license renewal criteria form submitted by Lt. Jeff Brinkley, the bar’s management has “been proactively addressing some issues that have been identified during the past year.”
The report also stated, “In recent discussions with owner, Andy White, it became clear he may not have a clear understanding of all the violations that occurred at Cy’s.”
The report stated White is addressing these issues with his management staff and will be installing cameras at the bar.
“We’ve recognized some problems — both of us, the police department and the management team for the bar,” Cychosz said. “I think they’re on the right track to making some improvements.”
The Ames Police Department has recommended the council consider this six-month license as a result of the 34 alcohol-related citations issued from Jan. 26, 2009, to Jan. 26, 2010. Violations included 17 cases of minors at the bar, 12 cases of minors with fake IDs, two cases of minors in possession of alcohol and one failure to prevent minors from obtaining alcohol among other citations.
Police have responded to 58 calls including occurrences of disorderly conduct, assault, noise and public intoxication in the past year.
“With the number of violations, we just felt it was prudent to bring it to the council with a six-month recommendation,” said Chuck Cychosz, chief of police.
According to the police department’s liquor license renewal criteria form, the police have investigated incidences of alcohol being served after hours, including an instance where the manager was cited for “dispensing alcoholic beverages after hours.”
Emily Burton, deputy city clerk, works with renewing alcohol licenses. She mentioned that a six-month license has the same privileges as a regular 12-month license, the only difference is it’s issued for a shorter time period.
The police department will give Cy’s Roost six months to improve. At the end of this period, the bar will be eligible for consideration for a full renewal.
“In most cases, the liquor license holders are very responsive to our concerns and are able to make the management changes we recommend and improve their operations,” Cychosz said. Cychosz said at the end of the six-month period, the Ames Police Department will report back to the City Council with recommendations of what action it should take next.
Ames Police has officers patrolling the Campustown area along with regular visits to bars to ensure they are operating up to standards.
“We have quarterly bar meetings and we communicate our concerns to the bar managers on a regular basis,” Cychosz said. “Particularly if we think there are things they should do differently or improve upon.”
Cy’s Roost manager Andy White was unavailable to comment, but according to the liquor license renewal criteria form submitted by Lt. Jeff Brinkley, the bar’s management has “been proactively addressing some issues that have been identified during the past year.”
The report also stated, “In recent discussions with owner, Andy White, it became clear he may not have a clear understanding of all the violations that occurred at Cy’s.”
The report stated White is addressing these issues with his management staff and will be installing cameras at the bar.
“We’ve recognized some problems — both of us, the police department and the management team for the bar,” Cychosz said. “I think they’re on the right track to making some improvements.”
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