A lack of a quorum prevented any votes from taking place during Tuesday night’s McMinnville Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting. Items on the agenda will be heard Oct. 28.In attendance were Aldermen Ken Smith, Mike Neal and Jimmy Bonner. Absent were Mayor Jimmy Haley, Vice Mayor Ben Newman, and Aldermen Billy Wood and Rick Barnes.On the night’s agenda was a vote to amend an ordinance deleting this sentence from city code, “No sale or distribution of beer shall be at places within 300 feet of any school, public or private, kindergarten or churches.”Stirring the controversy was that the four absent officials were the same four who voted in favor of striking the 300-foot distance on Sept. 23.The trio of “no” votes were not alone during Tuesday’s meeting.
Residents denounce beer sales
They want 300-foot distance kept in place