LaSalle County License Committee approves one-day permit, reviews state gaming list and inactive licenses

The LaSalle County License Committee on Oct. 7 approved its prior meeting minutes and granted a one-day liquor license to Country Ranch at Bud, and members reviewed a state gaming report that lists businesses under corporate LLC names rather than recognizable establishment names.

The meeting, a brief session of the county’s licensing panel, opened with a motion to approve the prior meeting minutes that committee member Nikki moved and Mister Roach seconded; the motion carried. Committee members then accepted the one-day permit issued to Country Ranch at Bud and reviewed the state’s amusement and video-gaming report.

The committee discussed entries on the state report that appear under corporate names such as Suburban Wet Goods LaSalle LLC and SAT Enterprises. Licensing staff said some corporate listings correspond to local establishments — for example, the committee identified Tin Roof Tavern and The Last Resort as operating under Suburban Wet Goods — and asked whether the county can amend the report for local use so it shows the doing-business-as names alongside the LLCs.

“A lot of these are listed under their corporate names from the state PDF. If we could convert it to a spreadsheet and show the establishment name, that would help,” said Amanda, a county licensing staff member.

Staff also reported several establishments with unclear or changing operating status. Amanda said she had renewed records showing Gunny’s Tap renewed in May but said she has “gone past there just about every day about 7:00 at night, and there’s hasn’t been anybody there in weeks,” and that she planned to contact the licensee to confirm whether the business remains open. Pirates Cay was reported to have an expired state license; staff said the licensee was seeking to renew after filing a change of officers and needed a county-signed letter to accompany the state application.

The committee noted that hotel-motel tax remittances were being received from two of the three entities at a local water-park area, and that one payer remained outstanding. Staff also flagged that some businesses had been slow to post proof of licensing online: Prairie Lakes, for example, had a delay of roughly three months between paying its renewal and posting confirmation online.

Members requested the licensing clerk explore technical ways to convert the state PDF into a spreadsheet and to append local establishment names to the county’s copy of the gaming report so enforcement and outreach can match the public-facing business names. The committee did not take any further formal enforcement action at the meeting.

A motion to adjourn, made by Miss Bernal and seconded by Mister Traeger, carried, and the committee adjourned.