Golf carts tabled

Marion City Council has tabled a proposal to allow golf carts on city streets. The council voted 4-1 Monday to table the idea, which in all likelihood means the matter is dead. Unless it is revived by a majority vote at the next regular meeting, the current proposal will die.

Councilman Jason Hatfield, who initiated the plan last month, was the only member supporting the idea of allowing golf carts on city streets. The proposal would have allowed them on streets only during daylight hours, by a licensed driver and other restrictions would have applied, including liability insurance on the vehicle.