Mayor Ken Mundy proposed changes for Sycamore’s liquor code to allow liquor license-holding establishments the chance to grow.

Monday’s Sycamore City Council presented revisions to help modernize the “no dancing” regulations imposed upon all liquor-serving businesses. “Archaic” was the city’s word of choice to describe the situation. “One of the first concerns, our dancing public will be happy to know, if approved, they would be allowed to dance in licensed liquor establishments, which would be good at wedding receptions,” Sycamore City Manager Bill Nicklas said.

Mundy’s motion also called to eliminate the “liquor district,” an area where liquor-licensed establishments were permitted to operate. Nicklas said to avoid changing the zoning lines every time a new license is issued, the district has become difficult to maintain. The third amendment proposed allowance of non-Sycamore residents to own liquor-serving venues.

Bids were opened March 2 for another demolition project on South Avenue’s Harvester Square. Last night the council carried the motion to work with D&D Construction Services, of McHenry. Out of the four bids presented by different contractors, D&D Construction Services offered the lowest at $62,500.

A smoking ban was mentioned only in passing. As of the Feb. 20 meeting, Mundy reported receiving two letters from Sycamore constituents supporting the city to adopt a smoking ban similar to DeKalb’s. No word yet on which direction officials are thinking.

With the 2006-07 budget approaching, the council decided it mandatory to hold individual committee meetings to sort out the financial spiderwebs among the various departments.