Landrum City Administrator Steve Wolochowicz said city officials plan to head to the state capital today to sort out questions related to Sunday alcohol sales in Landrum.

“The state has some questions before they allow things to move forward,” Wolochowicz said. “As you know, the council adopted an ordinance that was a bit more strict than the state’s restrictions. The council wanted to make sure that restaurants only would be the ones allowed to use Sunday sales, not other businesses.”

Making the trip to Columbia will be Wolochowicz, Mayor Robert Briggs, city attorney and possibly state representative Doug Brannon. Wolochowicz said they hope a face-to-face meeting will help eliminate any issues that have arisen.

This past spring, council members approved an altered statute for the ballot that said specifically “restaurants,” not “businesses in general,” were allowed to have licenses for on-premise alcohol sales on Sunday. Wolochowicz said because of this change the city may have to provide additional documentation as to what exactly constitutes a restaurant.

Several Landrum restaurant owners including Hare and Hound were already prepping to open this Sunday or the next. Wolochowicz said he hopes leaders can sort out the problems Thursday and not further delay these plans.

“I think we lost some time unfortunately because of the holidays, but hopefully we can get back on track,” Wolochowicz said.

Wolochowicz originally submitted the necessary paperwork to certify the final vote from the referendum Wednesday, Nov. 16.