{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Barbourville goes all in, approves Sunday alcohol sales &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"hbcnmtZGFy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/barbourville-goes-all-in-approves-sunday-alcohol-sales\/\">Barbourville goes all in, approves Sunday alcohol sales<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/barbourville-goes-all-in-approves-sunday-alcohol-sales\/embed\/#?secret=hbcnmtZGFy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Barbourville goes all in, approves Sunday alcohol sales&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"hbcnmtZGFy\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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The answer is yes. The second reading of Barbourville&#8217;s Resolution 2016-1\u00a0was held last Friday; however, the vote by the city council to approve the ordinance was not unanimous. Council member Wilma Barnes was missing, and Councilmember Sherman Lawson was the sole no vote. The 20-page ordinance took Mayor David Thompson nearly an hour to read Thursday, but after all was said and done, the hours were officially set for city alcohol sales. According to the ordinance, alcohol can be sold Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. to midnight. Sunday sales will be from 1 p.m. to midnight. Barbourville Mayor David Thompson said that as Corbin is the closest competing city, the Barbourville\u2019s council followed Corbin\u2019s guidelines as closely as possible. \u201cThe Chamber felt strong enough to have Corbin make recommendations to us, so we followed their recommendations,\u201d said Mayor Thompson. \u201cI want to thank the Chamber for inviting the Corbin ABC officers to come talk to us.\u201d Mayor Thompson noted that 95 percent of the ordinance\u2019s regulations referred back to the Kentucky Revised Statues. Even so, he was surprised that during the month that city administrators and city attorney had been working on the ordinance, no one from either side (pro or con) of the issue on alcohol sales had anything to say about the document\u2019s wording. \u201cNo one asked us to put anything in or take anything out,\u201d said Mayor Thompson. \u201cNobody even attempted to sway us either way. It came together good with what we had to work with, using three other cities\u2019 ordinances. They elected the council to do it for them.\u201d Barbourville has set in the ordinance the taxes levied from the sale of alcohol for the types of businesses that will most likely open in Barbourville. They include: 7% for restaurants with alcohol sold by the drink 5% for retail sales of packaged distilled spirits and wine (liquor store) 5% for gross retail sales of packaged malt beverage (beer) This income, according to the state, must be used strictly for the enforcement, administration and policing of alcohol. The ordinance also included the cost of the business license fees, which include: $1,000 for package stores $1,000 for restaurants $200 for convenience stores (beer) The ordinance specifically states no application for alcohol sales will be approved if any of the applicants have delinquent taxes owed to the city. The soonest anyone will be able to apply for an alcohol license is March 8. However, according Barbourville\u2019s newly-appointed ABC administrator, Corey Moren, it could take from 45 to 60 days for any licenses to be approved by the state. \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a challenge,\u201d said Moren. \u201cAlcohol is here. We might as well police it, regulate it and enforce it.\u201d See the complete ordinance online at www.mountainadvocate.come. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"}