The City of Fernie is creating a framework to handle municipally significant event (MSE) designations.
City staff say council regularly receives requests from organizers of significant community events for a formal designation as an MSE.
An MSE is a designation required by the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch to allow non-charity events to charge above simple cost-recovery for liquor sales.
The city currently has no formal policy or bylaw in place to guide the designation.
City staff say it has led to inconsistency in the way requests from community organizations are handled and delays to approving applications.
Corporate officer Lavinia McElwee says the current format takes up a lot of staff time.
“In the past two years council has received approximately 30-40 administrative requests from our community partners and groups,” she said.
“All of these requests can take a significant amount of administrative work.”
Staff will develop a plan that will come back to council for approval in a future meeting.
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