A correction was added to this article March 23.

Because of a reporting error, the March 22 article “City Council will explore issue of keg registration” and a box accompanying the article described a proposed Story County ordinance inaccurately. If the ordinance is adopted, keg purchasers would have to provide sellers with current photo identification and a current address. They would not be required to disclose the destination of the keg, as the article and box indicated. The Daily regrets this error.

The Ames City Council has set aside time at its Tuesday meeting to discuss a Story County Board of Supervisors proposal to register kegs within the county.

Ex-officio student member of the City Council Andrew Tugan said the goal of the discussion is to gather more information about the ordinance. Because a majority of kegs sold in Story County come from Ames, Tugan said a discussion is appropriate.

Councilman Matthew Goodman, however, said he disagreed. Goodman said the board has been doing research on the issue and has drawn its own conclusions, making it unnecessary for a separate government body to pursue the issue.

“We’re just doing the same thing,” Goodman said. “To me, that just seems wasteful.”

At the March 8 council meeting, Goodman was the only one who voted against a hearing on the ordinance. He said it was a misappropriation of city funds to look into legislation by a separate government body.

The discussion was proposed by Ames Mayor Ted Tedesco, who implied at the meeting that the ordinance did not go far enough. Tedesco said the issue needs to be addressed at Tuesday night’s meeting because he feels the council has not been brought up to speed on the proposal.

“When the Board of Supervisors is passing an issue that will affect us, I think it’s important to have the council members knowledgeable about that,” he said.

Assistant City Manager Bob Kindred said he did not expect the council to announce any type of cohesive opinion about the ordinance, even though individual council members have said they oppose it or do not have an opinion.

Councilman Steve Goodhue has said he can not form an opinion about the matter, Kindred said.

“That may capture the feelings about the rest of the council,” he said.

Goodman said he did not think the ordinance would be effective overall.

“It will be effective in registering kegs,” he said. “But I do not think a simple act like registering a keg will change the culture of drinking.”

According to the ordinance, anyone who buys a keg in Story County would have to show valid identification and provide an address of where the keg would be going. The purchase would be entered into a log, and the person buying the keg would be given an identification number.

County supervisors have said this would help curb underage drinking, according to Daily staff reports.

Tedesco said anyone who is seeking to give the council input on the issue should probably not show up early. The discussion is scheduled for the end of the meeting, as the council has a full agenda. Tedesco said one of the county supervisors would not be able to attend until later on in the night, as well.

The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday in the City Council Chambers, 515 Clark Ave.