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PEORIA, Ill. Peoria City Council voted Tuesday night on two measures that will cut 2021 license renewal fees in half for establishments with indoor video gaming and on-site liquor consumption.
For gaming establishments, license renewals will go from $500 to $250, while owners of facilities with on-site liquor consumption will be paying 50% of what they’d normally pay for their type of license.
Additionally, current liquor licenses were extended through the end of April at no extra charge to licensees.
Each respective measure passed unanimously.
“This does not give anything but a partnership with our businesses to be able to let them know we understand the expenses [and] the fragility of their business and the fact they’ve had to tailor their business or, in some cases, not be able to operate at all,” said At-Large Council Member Sid Ruckriegel.