Alton Council Votes 5-2 To Eliminate Late Night Liquor Licenses

ALTON – Alton is one step closer to eliminating late night liquor licenses, effectively forcing bars across the city to close at 1 a.m.City Council members voted 5-2 to pass a resolution on Wednesday to introduce an ordinance removing a section from the Alton City Code which previously allowed for late night liquor licenses. These licenses allow businesses to sell alcohol from 1 to 2 a.m. on Monday through Friday and 1 to 3 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.Despite several passionate public comments urging aldermen to vote the item down or delay it further, the vote tally remained unchanged from Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting. Aldermen Michael Velloff and Chris Bohn voted against eliminating late night liquor licenses, while Aldermen Martha Pfister, Rosetta Brown, John Meehan, Stephanie