The City of Madison Public Safety Board rejected the current keg-registration proposal by a vote of five to two at a meeting Tuesday night.

The keg-registration policy, proposed by Ald. Paul Skidmore, District 9, would limit to two the number of kegs a person has the legal ability to purchase in the city. Skidmore said the proposal still has to make a stop at an Alcohol License Review Committee meeting before it reaches the Common Council.

"The final keg-registration proposal will probably be delayed another month before it appears in front of the Common Council," Skidmore said.

Skidmore said the board's vote was disappointing, but he remains optimistic.

"We had some quality positive discussion about the proposal," Skidmore said. "It was encouraging to get two 'yes' votes, where last time the proposal was shut out."

Ald. Austin King, District 8, who is a member of the public-safety board and opposes the proposal, said he was glad with what transpired at the meeting.

"I am very pleased we were able to beat back the proposal," King said. "I think it is a horrible policy and will act to turn students to hard liquor rather than away from binge-drinking entirely."

King, despite the proposal's rejection at the meeting, said he is worried the council may still pass the keg-registration ordinance.

"The public-safety board has as much sway as most other committees for the Common Council," King said. "I'm just not sure the vote will carry a lot of weight with the Common Council. The proposal is soft enough, which gives it a frighteningly high potential to be approved."

Skidmore's proposal recently underwent changes and the requirement of a signed affidavit and tags for purchased kegs was removed. The only real remaining point of contention, according to King, is the limit on the number of kegs.

University of Wisconsin senior Brad Lewis said control over keg numbers is not something a city ordinance should govern.

"I don't like the idea of some law limiting me to two kegs," Lewis said. "There's going to be a lot of big parties around here, especially with football season. People are going to need a lot more kegs than two for a big game like Michigan."

Lewis said there are several big football games every year where students have more than two kegs at their houses because of pre-game parties, but no attendees drink irresponsibly because they want to go to the game.

The ALRC will review and weigh in on Skidmore's keg-registration proposal at its next meeting Sept. 21.