Majority of alcohol sales tax to go to roads in Hackleburg

HACKLEBURG — The Hackleburg Town Council agreed the majority of future alcohol sales tax funds will go to roads at their last meeting on Monday, June 16. The breakdown is as follows: 50 percent of the funds will go to roads, 25 percent to the park and recreation department and 25 percent to the general fund.
After a discussion, councilman Jerry Williams made a motion on the disbursement of funds, and with a second by councilman Don Barnwell, the motion passed.
The ordinance in its entirety has not been completed yet.
“Everybody think about what we need and how to word it,” Mayor Darryl Colburn said to the council. “(Town clerk Carla Rector) has some ordinances from different towns to look over.
“The only way the restaurants would be able to sell alcohol is we would have to add something in the ordinance stating they could sell it after the daycare closes on weekdays and all day Saturday,” Colburn added. Since the daycare is located merely feet from both Rowdy Hogs and El Fogon, the procedure and times to allow the restaurants to sell alcohol would need to be stated in the ordinance.
Regarding roads, at the previous town meeting on May 19, the council approved to take bids to chip seal five local roads: Kennedy Road, Frederick-Rollins Road, Greg Road, Cemetery Road and County Road 118. However, Colburn mentioned the roads might be able to have asphalt put down with the cost about the same as the chip seal process.
“We were looking at chip seal on five different streets, but David Palmer (civil engineer) came up, and in his opinion, we can lay asphalt as cheap as we can prep and chip seal all the roads that are in such bad condition. He should have everything ready to let out bids...The price was right in line in what they were charging for chip seal.”
Civil Group, LLC, is handling the engineering services for the town. Separate sealed bids for the Town of Hackleburg 2025 Paving Project are currently being received at town hall and will be until Thursday, July 17, at 10 a.m., at which point they will be opened and read aloud. See the Journal-Record’s legal section for more information on the bidding process.
Also at the May meeting, the town officially congratulated the baseball and softball teams for their great seasons, with both teams going to the state championship rounds. The baseball team won the state championship, and the girls were runner-up for the state championship.
The Northwest Alabama Multi Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Action Plan was approved at the June meeting with a resolution number of 2025-05. Those municipalities participating in this plan would help each other in case of emergencies.  Municipalities in Colbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Walker and Winston counties can participate.
“If there were to be a storm, we would be eligible for more grants and more help,” Colburn added.
Councilwoman Pam Pickens made a motion to approve the plan, with councilman Cody Ring seconding, and the motion carried.
The next town meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 21, at 6 p.m. at town hall.