Javier Espitia, left, buys two packs of Coronita Extra from Jennifer Crisp, a cashier at Cox’s Spirits, in Dalton, Ga.
Staff File Photo by Allison Carter/Chattanooga Times Free PressDALTON, Ga. – Whitfield County residents will decide whether to approve Sunday sales of beer and wine by the package in November, after county commissioners voted unanimously Monday evening to place the item on the ballot.
Because the county does not allow liquor sales by the package, only beer and wine sales will be considered.
County commissioners also discussed placing Sunday sales of alcohol by the drink on the ballot, but tabled the issue after some discussion. A final decision likely will be made on that issue by the end of June, Chairman Mike Babb said.
Waiting to decide on the issue would allow county residents to provide opinions, Babb said.
The county currently allows sales of liquor by the drink six days of the week. A referendum to change that to include Sunday was defeated narrowly several years ago, commissioners said during their meeting.