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Board tables beer-and-wine license for Phillips 91 LLC after application discrepancy
Summary
The board delayed action on a beer-and-wine package license for Phillips 91 LLC (398 Martin Luther King, Thomaston) after staff and commissioners found inconsistent answers on the applicant’s form; the item was tabled until the October meeting.
The Upson County Board of Commissioners tabled consideration of a beer-and-wine package sale license for Richard Phillips, acting on behalf of Phillips 91 LLC, citing inconsistencies in the application record.
Why it matters: County licensing determines whether retail establishments can sell alcoholic beverages. The board tabled the license application to allow the applicant time to resolve a discrepancy and to return at a future meeting.
At the meeting the board discussed that the applicant had been absent at a prior meeting because of a family emergency and that site improvements had been completed at the business location at 398 Martin Luther King Boulevard in Thomaston. A commissioner moved to approve the license but later withdrew that motion after staff pointed out the application contained contradictory information about U.S. citizenship status.
A motion to table the application until the October meeting was made and seconded; the motion carried on a recorded voice vote with commissioners voting in the affirmative and the chairman declaring the motion carried. The board noted the applicant will need to be present or otherwise address the citizenship discrepancy before the license will be considered again.
Next steps: The item is scheduled for the October meeting; staff and the applicant must resolve the application discrepancy before the board will reconsider the license.
No final vote on the license was taken at the Sept. meeting.
