Dancing at bars not legal yet
Don’t put on your dancing shoes just yet.
A law that would have allowed dancing in places where beer is sold in McMinnville city limits has been stopped short and referred to committee.
Members of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, who had previously approved lifting the ban on a first-reading vote two weeks ago, with one official calling it “out of date,” did not vote on the issue for second reading Monday and offered little explanation why.
However, Alderman Rickey Minton, who made the motion to refer the matter to the Finance Committee, said after Monday’s meeting he just had more questions about it. Minton did not attend the June 17 meeting where the proposed ordinance passed on first reading.
His motion on Monday was seconded by Alderman Rickey Jones, who voted no on first reading. Also voting no on first reading was Alderman Jimmy Bonner.
The decision was somewhat unusual, given that board members traditionally vote on issues on first reading and usually do not hesitate to pass them on second reading, typically two weeks later. Board members were unanimous in sending it to committee. Two members of the Finance Committee did not attend Monday’s meeting.