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Lemont board restores ordinance to increase Class A-3 liquor licenses after procedural move; attorney advises trustee with liquor interest be excluded from roll
Summary
The Village of Lemont board removed and later reinstated Ordinance O-31-25 increasing the number of Class A-3 liquor licenses. Village Attorney Mike Stump advised that Trustee Forsley, who holds a liquor license, should not be called on votes related to liquor items; the board approved the ordinance after that procedure was established.
The Village of Lemont Village Board on June 23 removed Ordinance O-31-25 from its consent agenda and later voted to reinstate and approve the ordinance, which increases the number of Class A-3 liquor licenses.
The ordinance was pulled from the consent agenda after Village Attorney Mike Stump raised a procedural concern about newly elected Trustee Forsley, who holds a liquor license. Stump told the board that, under state law, a trustee may hold a liquor license but, "out of an abundance of caution" the trustee should not be called on liquor-related votes. "Trustee Forsley should be not called on and act…
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