Kenosha licensing committee concurs on operator applications, defers absent massage applicant and receives massage-ordinance rewrite

The Kenosha Licensing and Permits Committee on Monday recommended approval of a slate of new operator (bartender/attendant) licenses with assigned demerit points, postponed action on a massage-establishment application after the applicant failed to appear, approved a daily cabaret permit for an event Sept. 27, 2025, and received and filed proposed amendments to the city’s massage-establishment ordinance.

Committee members voted unanimously on each action. The committee’s approvals for operator licenses were made “subject to demerit points,” following a recommendation from the city attorney; committee decisions at this meeting were framed as recommendations to the full Common Council.

The committee opened with Item 1, a grouped set of applications for new operators accompanied by city attorney recommendations on demerit-point assessments. The list presented in committee included: Bailey McCreery (25 points); Alexandra White (listed on the agenda with 90 points); Priscilla (Gosar/Gazda — listed on the agenda as Priscilla Gazda) (70 points); Desiree Garcia (35 points); Christy Ratliff (75 points); and Jeanette Daniel (30 points). Several applicants addressed the committee during an applicant…