ELLY GRIMM
• Leader & Times
The Liberal City Commission will be looking at another light agenda for its next meeting this evening starting at 5:30. Tonight’s meeting will be in the commission chambers in the Liberal Recreation Center at 950 S. Grant Ave.
The first of the two items of new business for the commission will be discussion of Ordinance 4618 concerning modifying the hours of cereal malt beverage sales on Sundays.
“Ordinance 4618 would amend Chapter 3, Article 1, Section 3-113 of the City of Liberal Code Book to modify the hours of sale for cereal malt beverages (CMBs) on Sundays,” the agenda information noted. “WHEREAS, the sale of cereal malt beverages on Sundays is currently allowed within the City of Liberal, from the hours of 12 to 8 p.m.; and WHEREAS, the sale of CMB on Sundays is allowed by state law from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and WHEREAS, the City deems it advisable to allow for the purchase of cereal malt beverages within the same hours allowed by Kansas statute. WHEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Liberal, that Chapter 3, Article I, Section 113(d)(1) of the Liberal Code, is hereby amended to be read as follows: 3-113 (d) No person shall sell at retail cereal malt beverage: (1) In the original package before 9 a.m. or after 8 p.m. on Sundays. This ordinance shall take effect 61 days after final publication, unless a sufficient petition for a referendum is filed, requiring a referendum to be held on the ordinance as provided in K.S.A. 41-2911, in which case this ordinance shall become effective upon approval by a majority of the electors voting thereon. Staff is recommending the commission’s adoption of Ordinance No. 4618.”
Concluding the agenda’s new business will be discussion of an appointment to the Liberal Memorial Library Board. The Liberal Memorial Library Board is requesting Clarissa Carrillo be reappointed to serve a second term on the Liberal Memorial Library Board to end July 2028.
