Customers of a new Priceville restaurant will likely be able to order wine, beer or a mixed alcoholic drinks with their meal in the near future.

La Cassita Mexican Restaurant, located at 620 Hwy. 67 S, has applied for a license to sell alcoholic beverages on the premises for consumption.  In response, the town council set a public hearing as a first step in consideration of the request at its next meeting, Dec. 8, at 6:15 p.m.

Previously, several Priceville businesses have been licensed to sell beer and wine for off-premises consumption, but La Cassita is the first to request a license to sell it for on-premises consumption.

The license could be approved following the hearing with a suspension of the rules, which requires unanimous consent.

The Council also approved a one-time holiday bonus for its employees.

A motion by Finance Committee chairman Charles Black to give a $500 bonus to full-time employees and a $250 bonus for part-time employees was approved unanimously.

“Our employees are deserving,” stated Mayor Melvin Duran. “They do a good job, and we have the money to do this.”

The bonus will be effective with the first pay period in December.

In other matters, the council:

•Approved $1,300 and other expenses for Police Chief Billy Peebles to attend the Alabama Annual Police Chiefs Conference and training at the Renaissance in Montgomery Jan. 25-28, 2015

•Approved $5,000 to stripe Greenfield, Pine and Cedar Streets and Faye Drive

•Approved payment of $18,721.30 to Pugh, Wright and McAnally Inc., for services performed during September through October for the Cave Springs Road bridge replacement project

•Approved payment of bills for October totaling $112,689.47