The Roseville City Council on Nov. 10 authorized presumptive penalties for four license holders after local compliance checks found employees sold alcohol without acceptable age verification.

Deputy Police Chief Joe Adams summarized the two rounds of checks in 2025 and recommended presumptive penalties under city code. Council action and staff summaries were as follows:

- Chu Qiao Liquors (off‑sale): Staff said an employee sold to a compliance checker without requesting ID and management later provided training. This was the business’s second violation within 36 months. The council authorized the mandatory presumptive penalty for an off‑sale second violation: a $2,000 fine and a 3‑day license suspension.

- Red Lobster (on‑sale): A server checked ID but served alcohol to the compliance checker. Red Lobster has prior failures in March 2024 and December 2022; staff recommended the presumptive penalty for an on‑sale third violation: a $2,000 fine and a 15‑day license suspension. The council authorized that penalty; staff and council discussed the option of elevated action at license‑renewal time should failures continue.

- Axel's / DoubleTree (on‑sale): Manager Josh Cobb said the employee was terminated and training completed; staff confirmed documentation. This was a second violation within 36 months. The council authorized the presumptive penalty for an on‑sale second violation: a $2,000 fine and a 5‑day suspension.

- Speedway (off‑sale): Staff reported a first violation where an employee sold without requesting ID; corporate later supplied training records. The council authorized the presumptive penalty for a first off‑sale violation: a $2,000 fine and no suspension in accordance with the penalty schedule.

Council members and staff discussed enforcement tools (training, technology that could verify IDs electronically), the statutory ceiling on fines (state law caps fines at $2,000), and the option to pursue longer suspensions or license‑renewal actions with due process for repeat offenders.

Quote: "Please get your training done and check IDs before you sell," Council member Graf said as the council approved the Chu Qiao penalty.

What happens next: Each preliminary penalty will be administered per city code; council directed staff to consider additional remedies, including possible license‑renewal proceedings, if violations persist.