Selling beer in glass bottles should not be banned in North Dunedin just because students will not take responsibility for making a mess, a liquor store owner says.

For a year, Jamie Curtis Pene broke into central Dunedin businesses at night and emptied their tills, staying one step ahead of police.

Replacing a Dunedin representative from the Otago Regional Council with one from Dunstan will leave the Mosgiel-Taieri area without clear representation, the Dunedin City Council says.