Red Bank approves special-event beer permit, passes consent agenda; festival-board appointment tabled to Nov. 4

The SPIR Board approved a special-event beer permit for Corina Baca to serve alcohol at a private event set for Nov. 22, 2025, at the Red Bank Community Center (also referred to on the plaque as the Joseph Glasscock Community Center).

Mayor Stephanie Dalton asked the applicant if she had read and would abide by "all city alcohol and beer ordinances." Corina Baca responded that she had printed signs to mark age-restricted entrances and said, "I personally will be in charge of serving the alcohol." Vice Mayor Berry moved to approve the permit; Commissioner Wilkinson seconded, and the board voted in favor. The applicant said the event is a baptism celebration that starts at 3 p.m., with last call at about 10:30 p.m.; she said the event will be serving only, not selling alcohol.

Back in the regular commission meeting, the board approved the consent agenda as amended. The consent package included the Oct. 7 meeting minutes, authorization of an interlocal agreement with the City of Chattanooga relating to Stringer's Ridge, a new appointment to the Festival Advisory Board, and adoption of an updated human-resources policy. One resolution concerning an appointment to the Citizens Advisory Board was removed from the consent agenda before the vote.

The commission then took up Resolution No. "20 five-eighteen 53," described in the meeting as "a resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Red Bank, Tennessee amending resolution 20 five-seventeen 33 and appointing 6 members to the City of Red Bank Festival Citizens Advisory Board." A motion to table that resolution to the commission's next regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 4 carried.

No public comments were offered during the citizen-comment period, and the commission adjourned.