McCorkle also said that this is the first time the city is auditing businesses. No set guidelines as to whom to audit exist, she said, but anyone in the 60 percent food to 40 percent alcohol ratio range will be audited. Some businesses may find that they will be audited every time the city conducts an audit, McCorkle said. The results of the audit, no matter what they are, will be reported to the Public Safety Committee. The committee will than make recommendations to the city council on further actions to be taken, McCorkle said.
Some business owners are concerned about the audits.
Many of the businesses will already have been audited by the time this is printed. Dingus Magee's and Buffalo's have already been audited. Larry Owens, owner of Dingus Magee's, said that he was pretty concerned about the audit even though he is doing nothing wrong. Owens said he thinks that the city is singling his and other businesses like his out and selectively choosing whom to audit. I'm going to play the game.