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Council approves licenses and advances change to retail-liquor certificate deadline
Summary
Council approved a wine-sales certificate, three beer permits (including one special-event permit) and advanced a code change to extend retail-liquor certificate expiration dates until June 30, 2026. Staff also reported that city population calculations do not require adding retail-liquor certificates this year.
The Murfreesboro City Council on July 10 approved several alcohol-related licenses and advanced a code amendment affecting retail-liquor certificates.
On a staff recommendation, the council approved a wine-sale certificate of compliance for a grocery store at 710 Middle Tennessee Boulevard, Suite 10. The council recorded a roll-call vote with the following members recorded as voting aye: Miss Aberwater; Miss Gills Harris; Mister Maxwell; Vice Mayor Shacklett; Mister Wade; Mister Wright; and Mayor McFarland.
Council also approved three regular beer permits — two for new hotels at 175 and 165 Chaffin Place and one for a grocery market at 2135 Manchester Pike — and a special-event beer permit for Main Street Murfreesboro’s fundraiser scheduled July 19 at 900 North Maney Avenue. Staff recommended approval pending final building- and codes-inspection findings.
On first reading, staff proposed amending section 48-d of the retail-liquor city code to extend the expiration date for issued certificates whose holders have not yet applied to the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Staff said six certificates were outstanding as of June 30 and recommended extending the expiration from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2026, to accommodate state licensing delays; the council approved the ordinance on first reading.
Staff also presented the annual retail-liquor certificate report showing the city’s population estimate increased but not enough to require any new retail-liquor certificates this year; no action was required on the annual report.
