Meeting Type: BCC Regular Meeting
Meeting Date: 3/3/2020
Item Status: New
From: Cian Harrison, Clerk/Treasurer
Submitted by: Cian Harrison, Clerk/Treasurer
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ITEM TITLE
Title
County Levies for Alcohol Licenses
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt the following Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) county license fees for upcoming Fiscal Year 2020-2021 and authorize the Chairman to execute the attached ABC form stating the adopted county license fees.
010 Lounge Retail Liquor - Class I $ 440.00
011 Lounge Retail Liquor - Class II $ 440.00
020 Restaurant Retail Liquor $ 440.00
031 Club Liquor - Class I $ 440.00
032 Club Liquor - Class II $ 1,111.00
040 Retail Beer (On or Off Premises) $ 75.00
050 Retail Beer (Off Premises Only) $ 75.00
060 Retail Table Wine (On or Off Premises) $ 75.00
070 Retail Table Wine (Off Premises Only) $ 75.00
080 Liquor Wholesale $ 731.50
090 Wholesale Beer Only $ 275.00
100 Wholesale Table Wine Only $ 275.00
110 Wholesale Table Wine & Beer $ 375.00
120 Warehouse License $ 291.50
130 Additional Warehouse $ 100.00
140 Special Events Retail $ 233.00
150 Special Retail - 30 Days or Less $ 147.00
160 Special Retail - More Than 30 Days $ 380.00
170 Retail Common Carrier $ 233.00
180 Manufacturer Denatured Alcohol N/A
190 Manufacturer Alcohol Production Units N/A
200 Manufacturer $ 121.00
210 Importer $ 250.00
220 Brewpub $ 500.00
230 International Motor Speed way $ 440.00
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Previous Commission action/date: N/A
Background: The Baldwin County Commission annually adopts a levy for county alcoholic beverage license fees for the upcoming fiscal year. The State ABC Board collects these fees and remits them to the County which are deposited into the General Fund. Prior year amounts are as follows:
010 Lounge Retail Liquor - Class I $ 440.00
011 Lounge Retail Liquor - Class II $ 440.00
020 Restaurant Retail Liquor $ 440.00
031 Club Liquor - Class I $ 440.00
032 Club Liquor - Class II $ 1,111.00
040 Retail Beer (On or Off Premises) $ 75.00
050 Retail Beer (Off Premises Only) $ 75.00
060 Retail Table Wine (On or Off Premises) $ 75.00
070 Retail Table Wine (Off Premises Only) $ 75.00
080 Liquor Wholesale $ 731.50
090 Wholesale Beer Only $ 275.00
100 Wholesale Table Wine Only $ 275.00
110 Wholesale Table Wine & Beer $ 375.00
120 Warehouse License $ 291.50
130 Additional Warehouse $ 100.00
140 Special Events Retail $ 233.00
150 Special Retail - 30 Days or Less $ 147.00
160 Special Retail - More Than 30 Days $ 380.00
170 Retail Common Carrier $ 233.00
There are 25 types of ABC licenses. For two (2) of them, the law allows for no county license fee. For ten (10) of them, the county license fee is at the legal maximum of one-half of the state license fee. There is no maximum county license fee set by law for the remaining 13 licenses.
In Fiscal Year 2019-2020 the County increased the following license fees:
• 050 - Retail Beer (off Premises Only) increase by $25 bringing the fee to $75
• The remaining licenses not restricted by law were increased by 10%.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Total cost of recommendation: N/A
Budget line item(s) to be used: N/A
If this is not a budgeted expenditure, does the recommendation create a need for funding? N/A
LEGAL IMPACT
Is legal review necessary for this staff recommendation and related documents?
N/A
Reviewed/approved by: N/A
Additional comments: N/A
ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS
Is advertising required for this recommendation? N/A
If the proof of publication affidavit is not attached, list the reason: N/A
FOLLOW UP IMPLEMENTATION
For time-sensitive follow up, select deadline date for follow up: April 10, 2020
Individual(s) responsible for follow up: Finance & Accounting, Clerk Treasurer, Administrative Staff
Action required (list contact persons/addresses if documents are to be mailed or emailed): Request the Chairman to sign the Adopted 2020-2021 levies and Administration Staff to send signed forms to the ABC Board by April 10, 2020.
Attn: Courtney Craig
Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Division
2715 Gunter Park Drive West
Montgomery, Alabama 36109
Additional instructions/notes: N/A