Sunday Alcohol Sales Gets Final Nod

There is a light agenda tonight after weeks of public hearings on a millage rate increase and Sunday alcohol sales.

A new law allows municipalities to vote on whether or not to have alcohol sales on Sunday. The board already agreed to put the issue on the November ballot. Tonight the board voted on a formal resolution to do so. They have been waiting on the school system to decide whether it was having a special election in November for additional SPLOST monies.

County Manager Jerry Cooper asked the board, and it approved, a design and build contract to Gay Construction Company for the renovation and expansion of the Cherokee County Senior Center for $212,000.

6:03 p.m. Commissioner Buzz Ahrens calls the meeting to order. Commissioner Jim Hubbard gives the opening prayer.

6:04 Cobb County Commissioner JoAnn Birrell presents the 2010 HOST fees check to the county for $2.3 million from the Pine Bluff Landfill/Waste Management facility. Fees are collected when Cherokee trash comes to the landfill. Donning a Waste Management cat, Ahrens accepts the check.

6:08 A proclamation is read recognizing the Cherokee County Firefighters’ Bucket Drive on behalf of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. A patient's family joins the group for the reading. Caileigh Roudabaugh, 7, was one recipient.

6:13 Under announcements—Electronics Recycling Day is coming. On Saturday, October 29, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Cherokee County Administration Building located at 1130 Bluffs Parkway. This event is made possible by Cherokee County, RecycleTronics, and Waste Management. For more information, please call (404) 394-9601.

6:15 Under public comments—Tom Ware said he is concerned about the design fees for the new aquatic center. He said he thinks it's kind of pricey at $43,000.

6:20 Caroline Cosby voices her opposition to a vote of Sunday alcohol sales.

6:25 The board appoints Bill McDade to the Lake Allatoona Preservation Authority.

6:27 The board passes a resolution authorizing a referendum to be on a November ballot re: package sales on Sundays by retailers of Package malt beverages and wine as stated in O.C.G.A.§ 3-3-7(p) and  O.C.G.A§ 21-2-54.

6:31 Commissioner Jason Nelms announces a town hall meeting that he is having Thursday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Recreation          Center/South Annex, 7545 Main Street, Woodstock, GA 30188.

6:39 Consent agenda passes unanimously.

6:42 The board passes a request from Cooper to authorize budget amendments/transfers for Senior Center Fund, Animal Shelter Fund, Victim/Witness Fund and DUI Court Fund to reduce the use of reserves.

Cooper said the reserve money in those areas turned out to not be what they had thought. This move essentially asks these areas to re-visit their budgets to balance them with less monies.

6:47 The board awards a contract for renovations and an expansion at the senior center.

6:48 The Cherokee County Soccer Association is given use of four additional fields in the county.

6:50 And that's a wrap. We are adjourned.