Hackleburg begins paperwork on allowing alcohol sales

HACKLEBURG — Citizens spoke at the wet/dry election held on April 22, and now businesses in Hackleburg will be able to sell alcohol. However, ordinances must be in place first. The town council met Monday, April 28, in regular session, with attorney Tony Glenn to begin this process.
“We’re going to need to adopt the definitions in the state code section, that would be title 28-3-1, and make those a part of our statutory scheme,” Glenn told the council. Regarding further ordinances, Glenn said, “We may need a work session on that.” The council agreed.
“There are plenty of towns that have gone wet and passed different ordinances we can look at and see what we like,” Mayor Darryl Colburn mentioned.
“Tonight, we just need to adopt a resolution of 28-3-1 of the Code of Alabama, 1975,” Colburn said. Council Member Cody Ring made a motion to adopt a resolution to this effect. Council Member Darrin Wiginton seconded, and the motion carried.
The definitions portion from the Code of Alabama lists 40 different definitions, such as unopened container, alcoholic beverages, beer (or malt or brewed beverages), brandy, carton, delivery, importer, keg, minor, etc.
Additionally, Hackleburg, with a suggestion from Glenn, adopted the name of the set of ordinances to be completed at a later date. These were named, “The Town of Hackleburg, Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Ordinance.” The motion carried with Ring making a motion and Wiginton seconding.
The work session to begin work on the ordinances was then set for last Monday, May 5, at 5 p.m.
In other town business, the decision was made to open the city pool on Friday, May 30, from 5-10 p.m., and to provide a “Summer Bash” at that time. The entry fee for the bash is $5.
Beginning the next day, May 31, the pool will be open Monday through Saturday from 1-5 p.m. The entry fee is $2 per day, and season passes are available as follows: single, $100; two or more, $150; and three or more, $200. The date was also determined on the closing of the pool, which was set for Aug. 31.
The price for renting the pool for pool parties this summer has been set at $150.
Hackleburg is looking for applications for lifeguards to work at the pool. Prospective lifeguards must be certified, and the pay is $10 per hour.
Also, a motion was made to hire Jamie Swinney to repair a small leak in the pool before the opening date.
Another item brought up during the meeting was the enforcement for people using the city dump. At a prior meeting, rules had been set in place to have only Hackleburg residents use the city dump. Since non-Hackleburg residents have been using the dump, Wiginton made a motion to enforce those using the dump to present an identification.
“I feel like we’re getting more and more people from different towns who are using (the dump),” Colburn said. “I know at one time we had decided they had to show an ID and be a resident of Hackleburg in order to use the dump, and I would like to see us go back to that.”
Allowances will be made for those who have a Hackleburg address but do not live within the city limits.
Wiginton made a motion to reinforce this issue, and Councilwoman Pam Pickens seconded.
The last item on the agenda was allowing Alabama Power to give youth baseball a donation through the town.
“Scott Knight, from Alabama Power, said he had been approached by Jonathan Oliver to give a donation to the youth baseball,” Clerk Carla Rector said. “He said they would like to do it, but they can’t give them the money outright. It has to be done through the town. He wanted to know if we would take the money and write them a check for it.”
A motion was called by Colburn to take the check from Alabama Power and write a check to the Dixie Youth baseball. Pickens made the motion, and Ring seconded.