Weaver holds off on creating door to door business license ordinance

The Weaver city council Tuesday decided to put a  Mayor Wayne Willis proposed the council adopt the ordinance based on a law that passed in the 2013 Alabama legislative session regarding door-to-door sales in Calhoun County. Under that law, those selling products door-to-door are required to have a county-issued permit that they must wear while working. They also must submit to a background check at the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office. Willis said the city would issue similar permits for the city limits, and have checks done by Weaver police.  Weaver police Chief Wayne Bush suggested several logistical problems the city might encounter if it adopted such an ordinance, and questioned how the city would pay for licenses. Bush said equipment and software to create such products would cost the council around $1,000 — much more than the city would generate from issuing permits. Calhoun County license commissioner Barry Robertson, says that since the new state law passed last summer, he’s had six applicants for a door-to-door permit. All six were denied.

n ordinance on hold that would require door-to-door salesmen to buy a city license over concerns about how the license would be issued.