The Mayor’s Task Force on Youth Alcohol and Drug Use supports the passage of the proposed Social Host Ordinance.

Mayor’s Task Force Member Kathy Cooper was quoted in this Northfield News article “Social host ordinances taking shape–slowly.”

From the article:  “The most significant role [of the ordinance] is its role as a prevention measure,” said Northfield’s Kathy Cooper, coordinator of the Rice County Safe Communities Coalition. “We want to prevent huge parties occurring that are conducive to alcohol abuse.”

The Northfield News also printed this editorial encouraging the city to help kids make the right choices in regards to alcohol.  The editorial concluded with:  “Let’s all help kids make the right choice when it comes to underage drinking. The city can do its part by passing and enforcing a social host ordinance.”