Alton Approves Liquor License For The Bells And Whistles On Belle Street, Other Items [Video]

ALTON – The Alton City Council amended the City Code on Wednesday to grant a new local business a liquor license in addition to passing several items approved by the Committee of the Whole earlier this week.

According to the ordinance amending the City Code, the city “wishes to amend its number of Class I Liquor Licenses to accommodate The Bells and Whistles on Belle Street, LLC to serve alcoholic beverages at its place of business.” No further information was provided about the business.

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Additionally, Mayor David Goins and the City Council “find that amending the City’s regulations on the number of Liquor Licenses will encourage the City’s continued healthy economic growth.”

The City Council also moved several more items forward that had been approved earlier this week by the Committee of the Whole. Alderman Raymond Strebel was absent from Wednesday’s meeting.

Among the other items passed were expanded zoning classifications and slightly …