Posted4/20/2021 5:30 AM
After the St. Charles city council voted Monday to amend an ordinance to allow liquor license holders to serve as elected officials, Blue Goose Market owner Paul Lencioni will be sworn in as a 3rd Ward alderman next month.
Lencioni, a liquor license holder who repeatedly has tried to change the law, defeated Chuck Amenta in the April 6 election by garnering nearly 58% of the votes in the ward. But the long-standing law prevented Lencioni from being seated unless he surrendered his liquor license.
Monday s 6-4 vote allows Lencioni to serve as alderman and keep his license, but state statute dictates he must recuse himself from liquor issues put before the council.
In the wake of Blue Goose Market owner Paul Lencioni s win in the race for Ward 3 alderman in St. Charles, the city council next week will reconsider the ordinance preventing residents with liquor licenses from holding public office in the city.
Plenty to watch with Fox Valley mayoral elections From left, Richard Irvin, John Laesch and Judd Lofchie are candidates for Aurora mayor in Tuesday s election. Kevin Burns, left, and Tom Simonian, right, are candidates for Geneva mayor in Tuesday s election. Jeff Lynam, left, and Lael Miller, right, are candidates for East Dundee village president in Tuesday s election. Timothy Hoeft, left, and Charles Sass, right, are candidates for Huntley mayor in Tuesday s election. Maureen Lewis, left, and Lora Vitek, right, are candidates for St. Charles mayor in Tuesday s election. Joseph Connell, left, and Christopher Nelson, right, are candidates for West Dundee village president in Tuesday s election.
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Updated 3/9/2021 5:01 PM
Even though some St. Charles aldermen disagreed a year ago with the idea of allowing recreational marijuana sales within the city limits, they all agreed Monday that the Zen Leaf dispensary should move from an office complex into a former Jared Jewelry store on Main Street.
With the unanimous approval of a request from Healthway Services of West Illinois LLC, the operator of Zen Leaf, the dispensary will move to the Main Street Commons shopping complex at the southeast corner of Kirk Road and Main Street as soon as state officials allow the change of address on the license.