Carbondale Reporter

City of Carbondale Local Liquor Control Commission and City Council met July 23.

Here are the minutes provided by the commission:

Commissioners present

Commissioner Nancy Maxwell, Commissioner Ginger Rye Sanders, Commissioner Jeff Doherty, Commissioner LaCaje Hill, Commissioner Clare Killman, Commissioner Adam Loos, and Chairperson Carolin Harvey

Meeting called to order at 6:02 PM

1. Preliminaries to the Local Liquor Control Commission Meeting

Procedural: 1.1 Roll Call

2. Citizens' Comments for the Local Liquor Control Commission

3. General Business of the Local Liquor Control Commission

Action: 3.1 Minutes of the Local Liquor Control Commission Meeting of May 14, 2024

Action: 3.2 Applications for Not-for-Profit Special Event Retailer's Liquor Licenses from Carbondale Main Street for the Off The Rails Concert Series

MOTION: Approve the issuance of not-for-profit Special Event Retailer's licenses to Carbondale Main Street contingent upon receipt of outstanding items

Motion by Clare Killman, second by LaCaje Hill.

Final Resolution: Motion Carries

Yea: Nancy Maxwell, Ginger Rye Sanders, Jeff Doherty, LaCaje Hill, Clare Killman, Adam Loos, Carolin Harvey

Action: 3.3 Application for a On-Premises Secondary Liquor License with a Package Sales Rider for Sai Krishna, LLC d/b/a Home2 Suites by Hilton Carbondale at 200 West Elm Street

MOTION: Approve the issuance of an on-premises secondary liquor license with a package sales rider to Sai Krishna, LLC d/b/a Home2 Suites by Hilton contingent upon receipt of all outstanding items.

Motion by Ginger Rye Sanders, second by Jeff Doherty.

Final Resolution: Motion Carries

Yea: Nancy Maxwell, Ginger Rye Sanders, Jeff Doherty, LaCaje Hill, Clare Killman, Adam Loos, Carolin Harvey

Action: 3.4 Application for an On-Premises Secondary Restaurant License for Arelia Bradley (Cakefam, LLC) d/b/a This'N'That at 709 South Illinois Avenue

Note from Clerk: the discussion on this application continued for over forty-five minutes. The full discussion is available on the City’s website; please contact the City Clerk’s Office for assistance in locating the video for this meeting online.

City Attorney Snyder provided background relating to this application, the application submitted for the business prior to this application, and impediments to issuing the license.

Councilmembers asked about the meaning of adequate rehabilitation, asked about the applicant in question, requested clarification on matters of ownership and application, what would be required of Ms. Bradley to allow the issuance of the liquor license, asked if the State would issue the liquor license if the City were to issue a license, requested details of an after-hours event over the past weekend, inquired about what additional information the City had requested from the applicant, asked about the impact of denying an application, requested clarification about the legal organization of the business, asked questions regarding the criteria for a private function or party, and discussed deferring action on the application to a date certain.

Applicant Arelia Bradley was present to respond to questions from the Commission, responded to comments made by the City Attorney, and requested the Commission postpone action, allowing for time to correct application deficiencies. Ebony Bradley Farr also responded to comments made by the City Attorney.

MOTION: Postpone to a date and time certain, that being October 22, 2024

Motion by Ginger Rye Sanders, second by Jeff Doherty.

Final Resolution: Motion Carries

Yea: Nancy Maxwell, Ginger Rye Sanders, Jeff Doherty, LaCaje Hill, Clare Killman, Adam Loos, Carolin Harvey

4. Adjournment of the Local Liquor Control Commission

Procedural: 4.1 Time of Adjournment for Local Liquor Control Commission

There being no further business to come before the Local Liquor Control Commission, the meeting was declared adjourned at 6:59 p.m.

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