By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
The Great Bend City Council spent time Monday discussing a possible ordinance cleaning up the gray area for allowing alcohol consumption at Veterans Memorial Park. Currently, Vets Park is treated as permission only for alcohol at events, such as Party in the Park.
During summer adult slow-pitch softball games, there is alcohol consumed in the parking lots of Al Burns Field and Vets Park. Great Bend City Attorney Allen Glendenning noted the city could make Vets park permission only but then come back with a resolution to allow alcohol consumption during adult softball leagues and be exempt.
"What we're talking about in this ordinance is there is statute that says you cannot consume any kind of alcohol on public property," said Glendenning. "Then is says the city can by ordinance exempt any property owned by the city. That's just the consumption side of it. If you're going to sell it, there's still going to have to be licensing and permits."
Glendenning will construct the blanket ordinance for areas throughout the city and bring back the ordinance for council approval at the April 21 meeting.