(A) The Village President is hereby designated as the Local Liquor Control Commissioner for the village. The Local Liquor Control Commissioner shall have the duty to administer and enforce this chapter and the applicable provisions of the state’s Liquor Control Act of 1934, being 235 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq., and to notify the state’s Secretary of State of any convictions for a violation of § 6-20 of the state’s Liquor Control Act of 1934 or § 113.52 of this chapter.
(B) The Local Liquor Control Commissioner shall have the following powers, functions and duties with respect to liquor licenses, other than licenses to manufacturers, importing distributors, distributers, foreign importers, non-resident dealers, non-beverage users, brokers, railroads, airplanes and boats:
(1) To appoint two members, one of which shall be a member of the Board of Trustees, and the other to be a resident of the village;
(2) To grant, subject to approval or disapproval by the Village Board, and or suspend for not more than 30 days or revoke for cause all retail liquor dealer’s licenses issued to persons for premises within the village;
(3) To enter or to authorize any law enforcing officer to enter at any time upon any premises licensed by the Local Liquor Control Commission or the state’s Liquor Control Commission to determine whether any of the provisions of this chapter or the state’s Liquor Control Act of 1934 or any rules or regulations adopted by him or her or by the state’s Liquor Control Commission have been or are being violated, and at such time to examine said premises of said licensee in connection therewith;
(4) To notify the Secretary of State where a club incorporated under the General Not for Profit Corporation Act of 1986, being 805 ILCS 105/101.01 et seq., or a foreign corporation functioning as a club in the state under a certificate of authority issued under that Act has violated this chapter or the state’s Liquor Control Act of 1934 by selling or offering for sale at retail alcoholic liquors without a license;
(5) To receive complaints from any citizen within the village that any of the provisions of this chapter or the state’s Liquor Control Act of 1934, or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant hereto, have been or are being violated and to act upon such complaints in the manner hereinafter provided;
(6) To receive or authorize the Village Clerk to receive fees for a retail liquor dealer’s license and other fees required for the application process;
(7) To levy fines in accordance with § 113.24 of this chapter; and
(8) To examine, or cause to be examined, under oath, any applicant for a retail liquor dealer’s license or for a renewal thereof, or any licensee upon whom notice of revocation or suspension has been served in the manner hereinafter provided, and to examine or cause to be examined, the books and records of any such applicant or licensee; to hear testimony and take proof for information in the performance of these duties; and for such purpose to issue subpoenas which shall be effective in any part of the state.
(C) The Local Liquor Control Commission shall consider and make a determination as to the applicants request for a license and the class in which the license will be issued. The Local Liquor Control Commission shall make a recommendation to the Village Board at a regularly scheduled Board meeting for final approval or disapproval of each liquor license request and in which class the license is to be issued. Each license will require a vote of a two-thirds majority of the Village Board before any license is granted and issued.
(Ord. 06-101, passed 4-17-2006; Ord. 17-105, passed 6-5-2017)