The Haleyville City Council met for their regular meeting tonight, with council members Julie “Boo” Brooks and Cade Lewis absent. Brooks has been admitted to the hospital for possible stroke symptoms according to Mayor Ray Boshell, and Lewis has a family member with emergency health problems as well. Our thoughts are with both council members at this time.
The council approved the minutes of its last meeting, and the payment of general operation bills and purchase orders for January 2026 in the amount of $564,172.93
The council agreed to donate funds from its opioid funds account, which has a balance of $109,000 to Lakeland Community Hospital. Councilman Colton Corum abstained.
The council voted to amend the city’s alcohol ordinance of 2010, eliminating minimum distance requirements for licensees and reducing the food-to-alcohol sales ratio from 60/40 to 51/49 percent. Also amended are the hours for on-premise alcohol sales, with last call now 10:30 pm and no sales after 11pm. Councilman Todd Barton abstained.
The council also approved the purchase of new tires for the city’s fire trucks, with the used pull-offs being reused on the city’s garbage trucks to get more mileage out of the tires in a slower-speed application. The council voted to approve the state bid from a local vendor in the amount of $19,911.68
Will Walker addressed the council and audience regarding the beautification committee to be called the Haleyville Garden Club and asked the council if the city would consider making an annual contribution to the same. The council agreed to an annual appropriation of $750.00 to the group, who will take over the maintenance of planters on 20th Street downtown, as well as the welcome signs at the city limits.
The city government and hospital leadership have agreed to a public meeting to discuss funding for Lakeland Community Hospital. The hospital has asked the city council for a one million dollar loan, with the council countering with approval of a $109,000 donation to the hospital. Many people showed up to last night’s meeting to show support for the hospital, and several addressed the council and audience. For full video coverage of the meeting, visit our Facebook page and our Bee TV YouTube channel.
ORDINANCE #2026-01
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE ORDINANCE #2010-04, ADOPTED ON AUGUST 16, 2010 FOR THE CITY OF HALEYVILLE, ALABAMA.
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF MINIMUM DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS.
All provisions of Ordinance No. 2010-04 requiring a minimum distance between any establishment licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages and any church, school (public or private), or child development/daycare facility are hereby repealed in their entirety.
No minimum distance requirement shall apply to any properly licensed establishment within the corporate limits of the City, provided such establishment complies with all applicable State laws and zoning regulations.
All conflicting language in Ordinance No. 2010-04 relating to 100-foot, 200-foot, 300-foot, or 500-foot separation requirements is hereby deleted.
SECTION 2. FOOD-TO-ALCOHOL SALES RATIO.
Any provision in Ordinance No. 2010-04 establishing a minimum percentage of food sales greater than State requirements is hereby amended.
All Class I and Class II restaurant licensees within the City shall comply with the State of Alabama requirement that:
A minimum of fifty-one percent (51%) of gross sales shall be derived from the sale of food; and
Alcoholic beverage sales shall not exceed forty-nine percent (49%) of gross sales.
All recordkeeping and compliance requirements shall be governed by applicable State law and ABC Board regulations.
Any prior City requirement imposing a sixty percent (60%) food sales threshold or other differing percentage is hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. HOURS OF SALE.
Section 9 of Ordinance No. 2010-04 (Authorized Hours) is hereby amended to read as follows:
Alcoholic beverages may be sold for on-premise consumption only during the hours permitted by State law, subject to the following local limitations:
Last call for alcoholic beverage service shall occur at 10:30 p.m.; and
All sales and service of alcoholic beverages shall cease no later than 11:00 p.m.
No alcoholic beverage may be sold, served, dispensed, or consumed on licensed premises after 11:00 p.m.
All other provisions of Section 9 not inconsistent herewith shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 4. SEVERABILITY.
The provisions of this Ordinance are severable so that if any provision hereof is declared unconstitutional, void, or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, all other provisions hereof shall not be affected by such declaration and shall remain in fill force and effect as though the unconstitutional, void or invalid provision had not been included in the Ordinance as originally adopted.
SECTION 4. CONFLICTS WITH STATE STATUES.
This Ordinance shall be deemed cumulative with and supplemental to any and all statutes of the State of Alabama regarding the subject matter hereof and to be subordinate to same and in no manner intended to supersede any such statues of the State of Alabama except to the extent that the State of Alabama has authorized the municipality, in exercise of its police powers and/or powers to regulate the zoning laws of the City to determine and regulate the matters contained herein. Any provision hereof in conflict with any provision of any State statute shall be construed so as to be in harmony with the same where possible and otherwise to be subordinate to and superseded by the provisions of such State statute to the extent required by law.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its publication and certification by the City Clerk-Treasurer.
SECTION 6. REPEALER.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HALEYVILLE, ALABAMA, that Ordinance #2026-01 is hereby amended as stated above.
Adopted and approved this 17th day of February 2026