CENTRE — The Centre City Council elected Tuesday night to grant four applications for alcohol licenses, the first since residents voted in November to allow sales in the city of around 3,500. 

Council members voted 6-1 in favor of granting applications to a pair of retail establishments, the Gridiron and Walmart. Two beer distributors, Supreme Beverage Co., and Birmingham Budweiser Distributing, also had their city license applications accepted.  

Councilman Sid Garrett was not in attendance. Councilman Joe Hall was the dissenting vote. 

The Council acted after the Tommy Loder, the city’s alcohol license review board committee chairman, recommended all four applications be accepted. 

In response to a question from Councilman Glen Chandler, Mayor Tony Wilkie said he was not sure how long it would take for the state to approve the license applications for the Gridiron and Walmart.  

Wilkie said the two suppliers already have state licenses. 

City Clerk Mary Lee Tucker told The Post representatives from the beer distributors do not expect turn-around time for the licenses to take very long. 

“They told me that, usually, in other counties were they operate, once the city approves the license application and the ABC Board receives a letter stating that approval, ABC grants the state license in seven to ten business days,” Tucker said.

If accurate, the timeframe would indicate that both the Gridiron and Walmart should be able to begin sales sometime in early March.