Perry nixes alcohol sales on Christmas

jclark@sunmulti.com

 

During the Perry City Council pre-council meeting Tuesday,

members discussed the possibility of allowing the sale of alcohol on Christmas

because the city does allow sales on Thanksgiving.

Packaged alcohol sales on Thanksgiving were once prohibited

by the state and the city. Sales were then allowed by both when the new

regulation went into effect on March 19, according to the Georgia Alcohol

Dealers Association.

City Manager Lee Gilmour told the council that some local

businesses had approached the city and asked that they allow the sale of

alcohol on Christmas because the state changed the law.

Councilman Riley Hunt was the first to speak up against the

sale. Other council members followed suit, saying they wanted to keep the law

prohibiting the sale on Christmas Day.

Because the council did not want to make changes to the

ordinance, it was taken off of the regular meeting agenda and not voted on.

In other business, the City of Perry entered into an

agreement with the county for the mowing and maintenance of certain street’s

rights-of-way.

The streets include: Hwy. 127 from Perry Parkway to Moody

Road, Lake Joy Road from south of Sandefur Road to Cohen Walker Drive and

Sandefur Road from U.S. 41 to just east of Lake Joy Road.

The work will be done by an inmate detail from the Georgia

Department of Corrections. The detail will consist of 12 inmates and one

full-time correctional guard.

The city will pay half of the cost of the work detail, which

is $30,000, for as long as the contract is in effect. The contract will be in

effect from July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2016.

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