Votes and actions at a glance: Safety & Licensing Committee (Sept. 23, 2026)
Sep 23, 2026
Key committee actions: contingent recommendation to council for a special event (4-0), resolution to request state review of vehicle-noise demerit points (3-1), referral of proposed noise-penalty ordinance to legal staff (4-0), temporary Class B license approved with one abstention.
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At its Sept. 23 meeting the Safety and Licensing Committee recorded these formal actions: 1) recommended approval of a Fox Valley Indivisible special-event application for Oct. 17 in Houdini Plaza contingent on receipt of required insurance and health approvals (committee voice vote recorded as 4-0); 2) approved Resolution 13 R-26 requesting state review of intentional disruptive motor-vehicle noise and driver demerit-point penalties (committee voice vote recorded as 3-1); 3) withdrew a motion to adopt higher mandatory fines for unnecessary noise and instead voted to refer that draft ordinance to the legal department for statutory drafting and recommendations, with a requested return by Oct. 14 (voice vote 4-0); 4) approved a temporary Class B beer and wine license for the Mary Beth Neenhaus Activity Center (voice vote passed with one abstention recorded).
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