Sand Mountain Reporter

The new Albertville City Council will likely extend at least two moratoriums targeting mobile food units and check cashing businesses during a meeting Monday.

If approved, the moratoriums are expected to last six more months.

The council also may extend moratoriums on tattoo and body piercing businesses and poultry processing plants.

Mayor Lindsey Lyons said the mobile food units need some oversight and mentioned possibly auditing the businesses.

City officials and residents addressed the issue earlier this week during a work session.

“No. 1, we don’t have any control,” Lyons said. “We know there are instances out there that wouldn’t be approved by the Marshall County Health Department. They have seating at some of these units, but you need to have a restroom facility if you have seating.”

Reports of people selling food out of their car trunks and questions of whether or not the city is receiving accurate sales tax revenues were among the chief concerns.

One city official said an Hispanic businessman complained the units were “killing his business” because they undercut his prices.

Lyons said he plans to research zoning and other issues regarding check cashing and tattoo and body piercing businesses.

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