The Lilburn City Council approved an amendment to the city’s alcoholic beverage ordinance Monday to clarify the timeframe TIPS certification will be honored. Training for Intervention Procedures is required training for servers of alcoholic beverages every three years.

The approved changes clarify eating establishments are responsible for ensuring each alcohol awareness training certificate is current and not expired. In addition, at the time of submission to the chief of police, all alcohol awareness training certificates must be current and not due to expire within three months of the establishment obtaining its annual license.