Administers permitting and renewal of City alcoholic beverage licenses: meets with and provides information to applicants regarding application, advertising, and public hearing procedures; reviews completed license applications to determine eligibility for license issuance/renewal; advises City Attorney and Police Department regarding pending applications; issues alcoholic beverage licenses and annual renewals; responds to questions from licensees regarding legal issues relating to sale of alcoholic beverages; conducts surveys of other jurisdictions regarding alcoholic beverage license statutes and fees, and reports findings to City officials. Conducts extensive research of state/federal laws, department files, City records, legal records, database records, electronic data sources, Internet sites, hardcopy materials, or other sources: researches state/federal statutes, state/federal case law, and City ordinances regarding zoning, due process, alcoholic beverages, elections, open meetings, open records, property and tax, annexation, telecommunications, personnel issues, legal organs, or other subjects; researches state statutes during elections and maintains checklists regarding dates, deadlines, advertisements, qualifying data, ethics, and related information.