Woodbine City Council approves alcohol license for The Bankhouse and appoints Jessica Mathers as city clerk

At its April 7 meeting at Woodbine City Hall, the Woodbine City Council unanimously approved an alcohol license for Creative Catering & Design @ The Bankhouse and voted to appoint Jessica Mathers as the city's new city clerk.

The license application was presented during a public hearing opened at 6:54 p.m. The applicant, Kelly Wagner, listed the business as Creative Catering & Design @ The Bankhouse at 414 Bedell Avenue and applied for a license permitting malt beverages and wine for consumption on the premises. The council was informed that the application file, background checks, fingerprinting and fees had all been completed. On a motion by C.C. Higginbotham, seconded by Phyllis Drummond, the council approved the license; the minutes state, "Motion was unanimously approved and so declared by Mayor Knight."

The council also considered the appointment of Jessica Mathers to the position of city clerk. Samantha Young presented Mathers to the council; on a motion by C.C. Higginbotham and seconded by Phyllis Drummond the council unanimously appointed Mathers. Mayor Kizziler Knight administered the oath of office to Jessica Mathers during the meeting.

Both actions were recorded as unanimous in the minutes; no individual vote tallies by member name were provided beyond the motions and the minutes' notation of unanimous approval. The meeting later moved into executive session on a contracts matter and reconvened without any votes taken during that closed session.

What happens next: the license will be issued administratively per city procedure (not specified in the minutes) and Mathers will assume the responsibilities of city clerk following the oath administered at the meeting.