The DeKalb Liquor Commission will maintain all of its authority after an attempt to place more power into Mayor Greg Sparrow’s hands was shot down Monday night before city council members voted on the issue.

Second Ward alderman Kris Povlsen moved to have a proposed amendment to the ordinance regarding the liquor commission deleted from the agenda and succeeded in having the item removed.

The proposed ordinance changes included putting the review of applications for liquor licenses in the hands of the mayor and city council and removing that job from the liquor commission’s duties. Wording in the duties also would have been changed from a monthly meetin g to a method of “meeting as needed.”

The changes to the ordinance will not be made because of the proposal’s elimination from the agenda before a vote was cast.

In other council business, Virgil Cook and Sons received a unanimous vote by the city council to be awarded the construction of a temporary stoplight at the corner of Stadium Drive and North Annie Glidden Road. The bid placed by the company was met by some surprise initially because it was almost $20,000 above estimates.

The city engineers admitted they have seldom dealt with temporary traffic signals in the past and that’s likely the cause in the discrepancy.

A temporary signal will be placed at the intersection until a funding source for a $140,000 permanent light can be found. NIU has agreed to match any funds spent by the city on the intersection.

A 14.5-acre parkland is also part of the area development plan that will separate Vienna Boulevard from the proposed site of the subdivision.

In regards to a new 74-acre subdivision proposed between Greenwood Acres and Dresser roads, several community members showed up to express their concerns at Monday’s meeting.

Their concerns ranged from the overcrowding of DeKalb public schools because of an influx of new citizens to traffic concerns.

Third Ward alderman Steve Kapitan was concerned about the amount of traffic that might be drawn to the area.

“Hillcrest, as we all know, is a mess — I don’t want to create another Hillcrest,” Kapitan said.

Community development director Paul Rasmussen assured Kapitan that was unlikely.

“The number of connections and capillaries should alleviate that,” Rasmussen said. “The problem with Hillcrest is that there are not enough capillaries and it is just one street connecting two major parts of the community.”

The addition of a park was met by some approval. One citizen liked the idea of additional parkland near his home.