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ABC board seeks annual distribution; commissioners ask for legal review
Summary
Local ABC board representatives asked the county to sign a letter allowing annual distributions of profits rather than quarterly payments; commissioners noted state statute references quarterly payments and asked the ABC representatives to return with the statute and for the county attorney to review.
Representatives of the local ABC board asked the commissioners to sign a letter confirming the board’s practice of making an annual distribution of profits rather than quarterly payments. ABC representative Michael Freeman said the board historically presented payments annually and sought a signed letter to resolve an audit finding. "Back when we first started doing it... we didn't have any money to get it," Freeman said, describing why annual distribution had been used in the past.
Several commissioners responded that state law appears to require quarterly payments and that the county attorney should review the request before any deviation from statute. "It says quarterly," one commissioner said when reading the statute language aloud during discussion. Commissioners asked Freeman to return with a clear statutory citation and allowed the attorney time to review the matter; no formal letter was signed at the meeting.
