An ordinance under consideration by the Story County Board of Supervisors has sent the Government of the Student Body senate into a state of alarm.

GSB senators have expressed strong opposition to the proposed keg registration law and encouraged students to take action.

The ordinance, if approved, would require keg buyers to show photo identification and have their purchase recorded in a log, with a unique keg identification number for each rental. The board will vote on the ordinance for the third and final time Tuesday.

A resolution was introduced during the GSB meeting and voted on after an emergency, five-minute rules committee meeting. The resolution was then approved unanimously later in the meeting.

Henry Alliger, GSB speaker of the senate, said it was necessary to rush the resolution because the board will discuss the city ordinance involving the keg law next Tuesday.

Without a vote, the resolution would have become irrelevant by Wednesday because the ordinance could be passed next Tuesday, he said.

“I think the [resolution] addresses a very pertinent concern as this is part of a three-week process and most of us only heard about it yesterday,” Alliger said at the meeting. “It proves there is a disconnect with short-term citizens or students with governance.”

Jacob Larson, off-campus government senator, said students were not consulted about this ordinance. He said this is a concern because 30 percent of Story County residents are students.

He said this ordinance would create problems with the idea of “one community” that the city of Ames, ISU administrators and students are working so hard to create.

“It’s just another slap in the face for students,” Larson said. “If you don’t want to get charged with a $500 fine for an unregistered keg, then go down there and show your support Tuesday.”

Alliger said neither the Department of Public Safety nor any other local law enforcement agency was contacted to provide input regarding this ordinance.

Both ISU Police Capt. Gene Deisinger and Director of Public Safety Jerry Stewart said they had not been involved in any discussion about it.

Neither said they had seen the ordinance, nor would they speak to the department’s support or opposition to the keg restrictions.

Alliger said he encourages students to be present at the 5:30 p.m. meeting Tuesday in the City Council Chambers to support the resolution.

“This piece of paper means very little if students and or community members do not show up to voice their concerns,” he said.