City Council Minutes 2007 08-17-07 Special Meeting MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE. KENDALL COUNTY. ILLINOIS.
HELD IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
800 GAME FARM ROAD ON
TUESDAY. AUGUST 17, 2007.
ROLL CALL
Clerk Milschewski called the roll.
Ward I Leslie Present
�J Werderich Present
Ward II Golinski Present
Plocher Present
Ward III Munns Absent
Sutcliff Present
Ward IV Besco Present
Spears Present
Also present: City Clerk Milschewski, Deputy Clerk Pickering
A motion was made by Alderman Plocher to appoint Alderman Werderich temporary chairman in the
absence of Mayor Burd, seconded by Alderman Sutcliff.
Motion carried by a viva voce vote.
OUORUM
A quorum was established.
Alderman Spears led the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.
CITY COUNCIL REOUESTS
Mechanical Amusement Device License
Legends Sports Bar & Grill
1 A motion was made by Alderman Besco to approve a Mechanical Amusement Device License for
Legends Sports Bar & Grill located at 620 W. Veteran's Parkway, as presented; seconded by Alderman
Spears.
Alderman Spears indicated that she requested the Special City Council Meeting because the Council
received a "third hand" report indicating that the owners of the bar were experiencing a hardship in
obtaining their Mechanical Amusement Device License. Since requesting the meeting, she found out
there were circumstances that the Council was unaware of One was that Bill Stanford of Good Time
Amusement first requested the license application and stated he would complete it on behalf of the bar's
owners. He was advised that according to the City's code, he could not do this; the actual owner applies
for the license and that the application needed to be notarized. Mr. Stafford was given all the information
he needed to share with the owner (the code and license application) and indicated he would give the
information to the owners to complete. A matter of weeks passed until the owner returned the
application_ Alderman Spears stated that initially, it appeared the delay was the City's error however it
was not_ She thanked everyone in attendance and stated that if the license is approved, the business
owner should be able to take it with him tonight in order to conduct business.
Alderman Besco recommended that a system be developed, such as a sign -off sheet, for issuing the
licenses_ He suggested that the license could be tied to the occupancy permit or be part of this process.
Alderman Leslie thanked Alderman Spears for bringing this to the City Council in his absence. He also
commended Deputy Clerk Pickering for her impeccable work researching the license and communicating
with the owner of the bar, staff and the Council. He stated that when the problem was brought to his
attention he felt the matter should be expedited in order to get the establishment in a proper business
mode. He noted that he did not feel the mayor was on board with this immediacy so he involved the
Council. He also suggested that the owners of the bar should both thank and apologize to Deputy Clerk
Pickering for the shortcoming on their part with regards to filing the license application_ He stated that
the delay in issuing the license was not the fault of the staff.
Alderman Sutcliff noted that Deputy Clerk Pickering called the owners several times to get the completed
paperwork and it took over a month for them to comply. She expressed her concern that the city's rules
and regulations were not considered a priority and the city should not have to hold a special meeting
every time someone does not get their paperwork done in time.
Alderman Plocher agreed and felt that the matter should go back to committee for discussion.
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Alderman Golinski called the question; seconded by Alderman Besco.
Motion to call the question approved by a roll call vote. Ayes -6 Nays -1
Werderich -aye, Golinski -aye, Besco -aye, Leslie -aye, Sutcliff -aye, Spears -aye, Plocher -nay
Motion to approve the license approved by a roll call vote. Ayes -6 Nays -1
Werderich -aye, Golinski -aye, Besco-aye, Leslie -aye, Sutcliff -aye, Spears -aye, Plocher -nay
ADJOURNMENT
Alderman Werderich entertained a motion to adjourn. So moved by Alderman Spears; seconded by
Alderman Besco.
Motion approved by a viva voce vote.
Meeting adjourned at 5:45 P.M.
Minutes submitted by:
Jacquelyn Milschewski,
City Clerk City of Yorkville, Illinois
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