Booze and Cannabis were on last night’s Williams Lake City Council agenda.
The City Council was given a proposed renewed Liquor license to include the Williams Lake Curling Club’s ground floor, and a structural change to the Club on Mackenzie Street.
The proposed changes would increase the seating capacity on the Club’s main ground floor to 75 persons, and the second floor to 150 persons. Business hours would remain the same as they are currently.
Mayor Surinderpal Rathor says the Curling Club already has the license, and the proposed changes were mainly “house cleaning.”
“They already have the license upstairs. A lot of people, like me, will go grab a beer and go downstairs, and the staff will have to tell them ‘Hey, don’t go downstairs, please.’ So, this is nothing much. I think a lot in the community will like it.”
City Council also received a recommendation to approve a cannabis license for a new proposed cannabis store on Prosperity Way.
Mayor Rathor said the recommendation was not the Council finalizing anything; it was only “letting the process begin.”
“There was a concern if you could have a cannabis store close to a school or institution, but there is no concern from City Staff.”
The ideas were both well-received, as the Council approved the licenses unanimously.
Mayor Rathor said in both licensing cases, the final decision will be reviewed and made by the recommendation of the Liquor and Cannabis Regulations Branch.
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