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Businessman proposes package store; council says city lacks authority and referendum would be needed
Summary
Surinder Singh proposed opening a package store to sell distilled spirits in Union Point. Mayor Lanier Rhodes told him the city currently lacks the authority and that the council would have to decide and place the question on a referendum if it wishes to pursue the policy change.
A businessman, Surinder Singh, told the council he would like to establish a package store to sell distilled spirits in Union Point. Mayor Lanier Rhodes informed Mr. Singh that the city does not currently have authority to sell distilled spirits; the mayor said the council would first need to consider the option and, if it chose to pursue the change, the question would have to go to a citizen referendum later this year. Mr. Singh said he understood and would follow up to learn whether the council would pursue the opportunity.
No formal action or vote on changing local authority to allow distilled spirits sales was recorded in the minutes at the June 10 meeting. The minutes record only the introduction of the proposal and the mayor’s procedural explanation that a referendum would be required.
