LaFollette’s liquor licenses go to Phillip Boshears and Cameron McGhee, John and Raewyn Snodderly

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- Tuesday afternoon, the LaFollette City Council made history at its regular monthly meeting. Liquor licenses were awarded to two groups out of an application pool of 15.

There will be liquor outlets at an east side location at 511 West Central Avenue and on the west end of the city at 2221 Jacksboro Pike. The West Central Avenue location license was granted to Phillip Boshears and Cameron McGhee. John and Raewyn Snodderly are the Jacksboro Pike license recipients.

Phillip Boshears and Cameron McGhee’s store, Lyons Liquor Locker, will be located inside the Lyons Building at the corner of West Central Avenue and South 13th Street. For Norris Lake Spirits, John and Raewyn Snodderly will locate on the LaFollette side of Woodson’s Mall in Suite A-19, where The Quilt Patch and Sears were once housed.

The ongoing issue of animal control in the city still appears to be ongoing. On yesterday’s agenda the council was slated to vote on indefinitely suspending the Animal Control Program and laying off Animal Control Officer Frankie Dople. However, when it came time to put the item to a vote, Councilman Mark Hoskins made the motion to suspend the program and lay off the animal control officer, there was not a second motion. So the item failed to move forward.

LaFollette resident Carolyn Lindsay spoke to the council about a year long problem she has been experiencing. She told the council that she had been trying to get help with the issue, cats, but no one helped. Lindsay told the council that Animal Control Officer Frankie Dople did come to her home several times. She continued that she and her family have relocated the cats to a farm. Lindsay reminded Mayor Scott Kitts that when he was campaigning for his job, he promised to help her, but he didn’t telling him he shouldn’t have made her a promise he couldn’t keep. Linsday expressed her disappointment to the council for their lack of action. “When I came for help, I got none” Linsday concluded.

After Lindsay finished speaking, Animal Shelter Director Patricia Siwinski asked to speak but was told that she would need to attend the next council workshop. During Monday’s workshop, City Administrator Stan Foust reported that the animal control officer had been unable to take animals to the shelter for the past 18 months. However, Siwinski disputes that statement. She reported to WLAF that the shelter took in 33 animals in 2023 from the animal control officer, 50 animals in 2024 from the animal control officer and 25 animals so far from the animal control officer in 2025. The shelter took in 43 animals from the city in 2023, 177 animals in 2024 from the city and 83 animals thus far from the city in 2025. In 2023 the animal control officer brought in three animals related to calls, and in 2024 the animal control officer brought in eight animals related to calls and for 2025, so far, the animal control officer has brought in four animals, according to Siwinski.

In administration, the council accepted the resignation of City Attorney Reid Troutman. An event permit was approved for LaFollette First Baptist Church to set up at the Splash Pad giving out hot dogs and promoting their upcoming Vacation Bible School. The council agreed to end an investment agreement with LaFollette Utilities at Liberty Park, Frank Archer Park and Pine Park. This will save the city $14,000 yearly.  A new league agreement for the City of LaFollette was approved. The council approved a list of surplus items for the city.

Four ordinances had a first reading beginning with Ordinance 2025-08 abandoning a portion of West Mountain Lane. Next was Ordinance 2025-09 amending code section 15-121 regulating the use of motorcycles, motor driven cycles, motorized bicycles, bicycles, etc. The ordinance regulates the use of motorcycles, motor driven cycles, motorized bicycles, bicycles etc. The ordinance requires these cycles to have a steady white light located in the front and a red reflector on the rear, both visible to 500 feet, and they are also required to comply with safety equipment required in TCA 55-8-177. The ordinance requires helmets for people riding bicycles under the age of 16. Ordinance 2025-10 adopting the 2021 edition of the International Building Code was on the agenda, but was omitted until the council could discuss it further, and finally, there was Ordinance 2025-11 setting rules and regulations for the City of LaFollette RV Park. The RV Park regulations limit the amount of time someone can spend at the park, how the campsites should be kept, the number of people allowed per campsite and how visitors should not behave while staying at the park.

All ordinances were approved.

In fire department business, Dylan Goins was promoted as a full-time fire fighter effective July 12.

Two beer licenses were awarded in the beer board meeting. The first license went to Ian’s Market #168 at 1404 East Central Avenue, LaFollette (next to Country Club Road) and the second went to Ian’s Market #175 at 2449 Jacksboro Pike, LaFollette, at the Dossett Road-Jacksboro Pike corner. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-07/02/2025-6AM)

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